Quotes About Filmmaking

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

There's a respect factor in filmmaking, like in sports, where certain things are kept in the locker room.

Filmmaking seems more difficult but theatre comes with its own challenges.

It's been a dream to work alongside the talented team at Lucasfilm and ILM to make advancements and improvements to the filmmaking process to help tell stories more efficiently.

Our ambition is to be the center of independent animation filmmaking; to be the bravest animation studio in the world.

Sometimes I wonder how my filmmaking would have been affected by film school but in the end I'm glad I got to figure it out on my own.

That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

I love filmmaking as a process and acting is one element that is dear to me.

Stop-motion has limitations, any form of filmmaking does, but stop-motion has a lot of limitations.

When it comes to filmmaking - India or abroad, there are two approaches. First, when the director knows what he's making. Second, where he has an idea and explores that while making the film.

But I kind of reframed my thinking, where I don't feel like filmmaking is what defines me anymore. Like, I feel like I'm much more defined by my family and other things in life that, that I feel are much deeper to me.

I think that filmmaking is very addicting and risky, and it gives you a high, for sure.

I made short films in school.

You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write and make a film.

I think I feel that way - that filmmaking is a responsibility, not only creatively but also financially in that it's a business. You can't forget that.

Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing.

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I didn't know would never get financing.

Mid-range to low-budget movies have to have a name in the lead to get financing for it.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

Sudhir Mishra is one the finest directors; he knows how to manipulate an actor's emotion, sensibilities and expressions.

I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. I can count them on my fingers.

I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.

If you think you are a filmmaker... make a film, and then show it. You need to be able to finish what you started so it is presentable. When you screen it and see if your film has an effect on an audience, you will understand what it means to be a filmmaker.