When we talk about violence, we`re talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don`t lose sight of that. In general, my filmmaking is fairly body-oriented, because what you`re photographing is people, bodies. You can`t really photograph an abst...
David Cronenberg
My first ambition was to be a writer. I have always been very interested in writing. But it seems to me that I have more capacity for telling a story with images. It seems I have more talent for filmmaking than for writing a novel, which is my dream. I ha...
Pedro Almodovar
[On filmmaking] My favorite part is editing. That`s where you are making the final art of what the movie is. Being on set is kind of the war element. Editing is a kind of, clean-up stage where the beauty comes into it.
Crispin Glover
Theatre is something that I feel very important for an actor to keep doing. I think it keeps you sharp. But at the moment I`m intrigued with movies and filmmaking. It hasn`t lured me away from theatre, but I`m just going to try to ride this wave and then ...
Orlando Bloom
[On his filmmaking style] American critics always complain about the blandness of mainstream movies, but when you do something more ambiguous and ironic, they are pissed off too. I like putting certain aspects of American society under the magnifying glas...
Paul Verhoeven
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself. The worst type is dictated by demographics or what is hip or what kids are into. Kong isn`t driven by that. No way would a studio think this is the year that people want to see a big goril...
Peter Jackson
[on Cary Grant] Cary`s enthusiasm made him search for perfection in all things, particularly the three that meant most to him -- filmmaking, physical fitness and women.
David Niven
...[Violent Cop] was shot a long time ago, when I didn`t knew how to make a film. At least now, I am beginning to grasp what filmmaking is all about, gradually, so I watched it again the other day on video, so that I could comment on it during the intervi...
Takeshi Kitano
I thought it was a powerful piece of filmmaking. I`m a practicing Catholic, and you know I think Mel and I may be from different wings of the Catholic Church. My film might have been called `The Compassion of the Christ.` - On The Passion of the Christ (2...
Michael Moore
Hollywood filmmaking has become more and more about power and control. It`s really not about telling stories. That`s just a pretense. But ironically, the fundamental difference between making films in Europe versus America is in how the screenplay is deal...
Wim Wenders
I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It`s such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I`ve been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like [Harvey Weinstei...
Ben Affleck
I was at NYU`s Tisch School of the Arts for a year and I loved it. There are a lot of really creative people, there is a constant exchange of an ideas. We talk about what`s been done [in film] and all the rules for filmmaking and then we talk about how to...
Alexis Bledel
[On his style of filmmaking] "I don`t really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don`t, it`s like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line."
Roman Polanski
I don`t quite know what an auteur is. I`ve never quite understood that term, because filmmaking is such a huge team effort, you - I mean, I regard myself as being sort of the final filter, so everything that ends up in the movie is there, because it`s som...
Peter Jackson
The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in ... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.
Charlton Heston
(Says his favorite part of filmmaking process is:) Editing, because I`m alone and there isn`t the necessity of having to organize so many people. Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.
Sydney Pollack
.. So, you have to be daring to do things like this, because the world is not easily accepting of filmmaking. There will always be some sort of an obstacle, and the worst of all obstacles is the spirit of bureaucracy. You have to find your way to battle b...
Werner Herzog
[On filmmaking] "You have to show violence the way it is. If you don`t show it realistically, then that`s immoral and harmful. If you don`t upset people, then that`s obscenity."
Roman Polanski
The thing about filmmaking is I give it everything, that`s why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It`s not that hard. Sign your own checks, be responsible.
Tom Cruise
Safe Men (1998) was exhausting, although I had a great time on it. I have a special place in my heart for Safe Men. That was a true independent film, in a budget sense. There were no trailers. Steve [Steve Zahn] and I were hanging out. It was guerrilla fi...
Sam Rockwell
I don`t think it would be possible for me to respect people like Ridley Scott or James Cameron more than I already do. They`re gods of filmmaking.
Paul W. S. Anderson
[on using newly developed 3D cameras, and traditional film] "If I never touch film again, I`d be happy. Filmmaking is not about film, not about sprockets. It`s about ideas, it`s about images, it`s about imagination, it`s about storytelling. If I had the c...
James Cameron
When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don`t want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking.
Rick Moranis
This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some new minor catastrophe.
Jeri Ryan
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
Frank Capra
