Quotes About Filmmaking

I saw 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was 11. When you watch 'Clockwork Orange' at 11, it either totally scares you from watching movies, or you want to become a filmmaker. I was the latter.

I'd like to work with John Waters. I grew up in Maryland, so I'm a huge Waters fan.

I grew up reading about all those film-makers who were part of a group, like the new wave. It's a little stranger when it's you.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.

Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films.

In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered.

I don't want to plan my career. That would be a business plan. Filmmaking is not a business plan.

Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.

I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened.

Being a filmmaker in the digital platform has given me complete creative control. I can make what I want, when I want. I don't have to wait to book an audition.

I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play, like I did with 'Angels,' and it still generates income for me, but it's not enough for me to live on and have health insurance.

Nothing is more pleasant for me than to be on location in the country that I love, in any of our western landscapes, being out there with a camp outfit and a film company.

You know... the only person I really had to please after a point was the MPAA. Because Lions' Gate was like, hey, whatever you can get away with is fine, we don't care.

I have respect for anyone who's going to go out and make a movie for a small budget and turn it into a phenomenon. God bless you. Please keep making movies. That's great. But it's not what entertains me.

Although technology has been playing a key role in filmmaking, I feel there are plenty of opportunities in other branches of filmdom.

There's more to directing than plotting scenes out.

I plough all my money into my next film, so I never actually have any money. It's always invisible.

Filmmaking is a passion for me. Plus, that is what I do to make a living.

The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you'll have, is to find your point of view.

The more I learn and grow, the more I feel fulfilled, and even if I'm shooting a commercial for a car or a computer, I try to deliver a filmmaker's point of view where I can learn from the experience. Then I really enjoy it.

I took business classes as a back up but I made movies all the time. I would get my classes done in two days and then spend the rest of the time making my movies.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.