Filmmaking Quotes - Page 7

• [On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

  Lynda Obst

  Movie, Hollywood, Youth

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• I always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.

  David Shapiro

  Film, Made, Shows

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Each project draws you in on its own merits as opposed to an intellectual choice of, "Well, I'm going to shift from vérité filmmaking to more archival."

  Liz Garbus

  Choices, Intellectual, Merit

  "Being Nina Simone". Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 25, 2015.

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• The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.

  David O. Russell

  Inspiration, Passion, Answers

  Source: collider.com

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• The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

  David O. Russell

  Character, Trying, Cameras

  Source: collider.com

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• I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all these skills in a way that allowed me to tell a story “greater than the sum of its parts.”

  Brendan Fletcher

  Photography, Writing, Skills

  "Meet the 2011 Sundance Filmmakers | “Mad Bastards” Director Brendan Fletcher". www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2011.

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• I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

  Michael Jai White

  Fun, Winning, Logic

  "Michael Jai White on martial arts, heavy makeup, and starting out with Troma". Interview with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, film.avclub.com. May 13, 2015.

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• I don't really see a huge divide between filmmaking and television. In the end, a lot of people are going to be watching this stuff on their laptops and their iPhones anyway. So, it doesn't really matter where it comes from, as long as the stories get told.

  Cary Fukunaga

  Iphone, Long, People

  "Director Cary Fukunaga Talks TRUE DETECTIVE, Making an 8-Hour Film, Future Seasons, BEASTS OF NO NATION, Modernizing Horror with IT, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 11, 2014.

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• I just like the process of taking something written on a sheet of paper and giving it life and shape. I like the collaborative process of filmmaking, which is all simply to say that I love my work and I would continue to look for things that have the potential to be engaging and successful.

  Harrison Ford

  Successful, Giving, Shapes

  "Harrison Ford Talks ENDER’S GAME, Why It’s a Good Family Movie, the Evolution of Space Visual Effects Since STAR WARS, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. October 27, 2013.

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• I love the new technology in terms of giving access to doing more independent work. When I first started out, any film had to rent from Panavision and the expenses were humongous. Now, given the advances in technology, you can put out extraordinary quality filmmaking at nothing like the price it used to be.

  Kathleen Turner

  Independent, Technology, Giving

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make a movie about the issues that this story is about. Filmmaking is storytelling, for me.

  Jose Padilha

  Issues, Stories, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• I think the art of filmmaking is something you learn through actions, by doing it, not by learning theories. And as you do it, your mind starts to change.

  Alejandro Jodorowsky

  Art, Thinking, Mind

  "Anarchy and Alchemy: the Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky". Book by Ben Cobb, 2007.

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• Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.

  Sven Nykvist

  Needs, Littles, Technique

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• What's important in the filmmaking process has stayed the same. Keep it small, keep it personal, keep it authentic, work with people you like and trust. That process is much longer than the filmmaking process. The development process is a long one, so try and say something of importance.

  Simon Beaufoy

  Long, People, Important

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• I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.

  Bahman Ghobadi

  Cameras, Littles, Film

  "The Things We Carry: Crossing Borders with “A Time For Drunken Horses” director Bahman Gh". Interview with Erin Torneo, www.indiewire.com. October 25, 2000.

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• A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan.

  Brit Marling

  Movie, Thinking, Law

  "Brit Marling: The Breakout Indie Star Who’s Taking Us To “Another Earth” And Back Again". IFC Interview, www.ifc.com. July 20.

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• When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.

  Arjun Rampal

  New York, Doctors, Scripts

  FaceBook post by Arjun Rampal from May 19, 2016

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• I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.

  David Ayer

  Real, School, Cameras

  Source: collider.com

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• Filmmaking is such a collaboration. At a certain point, I suppose you do have to let go and trust the people you're working with.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Letting Go, People, Collaboration

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I feel like the beauty of this age of filmmaking is that there are more tools at your disposal, but it doesn’t mean that any of these new tools are automatically the right tools. And there are a lot of situations where we went very much old school and in fact used CG more to remove things than to add things.

  J. J. Abrams

  School, Mean, Age

  "Exclusive: J.J. Abrams Talks STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and That New Lightsaber" by Adam Chitwood, collider.com. February 5, 2015.

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• In the end, you really want to make the best film that you can, and in the reality of the filmmaking world, you have things like budgets.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Reality, World, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.

  Terry Gilliam

  Important, Talent

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Jobs, Finding Yourself, Acting

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• I think the power of the short film is incredibly underrated. It is way easier to get someone to watch a 15-minute film then a full-length feature. In those 15 minutes you have the opportunity to express your voice as an artist and hopefully connect with your audience. If you are trying to be a first time feature director then a short film that demonstrates you have a grasp on the themes and concepts of the movie you want to direct is a no-brainer. Whether they are collaborators or potential investors, filmmaking is a visual art form so you obviously need visuals to show them!

  Nicholas Ozeki

  Art, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And the last refuge for it is documentary filmmaking.

  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

  America, Space, Documentaries

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