Quotes About Filmmaking

Sometimes you just create a joke out of thin air in the editing room. So I'm really glad I've had that experience. It gives me a little more confidence in front of the camera.

Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor.

I've always written my own scripts, I really like doing everything from the beginning and taking it all the way through, I've probably learned that from my dad.

I've never considered myself a writer writing stuff to sell, but as a director who writes stuff for himself to direct.

I didn't see myself in Jia Jhangke or Wong Kar-Wai films. Those are Asian filmmakers, and I very much am an American filmmaker.

I have grown up watching Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar movies. Naturally, I aspire to be a part of their kind of cinema.

Most of my friends are assistant directors.

I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.

On the world stage, Australians are very good short filmmakers.

Well, I want to do everything in sort of a documentary style, ever since I started in the '80s.

I would love to make a documentary on my father, Mahesh Bhatt. What is interesting about Bhatt sahab is that he became more interesting personality after he left work.

I always dreamt of being a director.

I really want to complete films in a shorter duration, but somehow it does not seem to happen.

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

From my earliest days as an actress, I had always been drawn to learning the director's job.

I'm a Coen Brothers fan - especially their early work.

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

I have used the name Jambulingam while editing films such as 'Super Troopers' and 'Puddle Cruiser.' I like the look and sound of it.

Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.'

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

With 'Gerald's Game' in particular, we didn't have enough money or time and it was really hard.

I don't ever do those kind of epic, huge, green-screen movies.

It was never in the plan for me to direct 'Episode IX,' so I don't know what's going to happen with it.