Quotes About Filmmaking

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.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. If it can be written or thought it can be filmed.

Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.

You never know what you have until you put it in front of an audience. That's the truth. That's the truth of filmmaking and that's why you make movies, for an audience to, hopefully, enjoy it.

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.

I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell.

I don't know how many movies I have made. Movies that pop into my head when asked are 'Momentum,' 'Loose Change,' 'Shelter,' 'Sipping Jetstreams,' and 'The Drifter.'

I don't like it when filmmakers say, 'Just come like this, sir.' I like to experiment with my makeup. I wish more filmmakers let me do that.

Rajini sir has always been a part of my life from childhood. And I entered into filmmaking because I was influenced by his films.

Right after watching 'Kabul Express,' I wanted to work with Kabir sir. Moreover, earlier he was a documentary maker, and the respective genre has always fascinated me, and I still desire to work in one.

Anything to do with Anurag Basu sir is always special and interesting.

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

Creating films and photographs through situations that few others could experience is my life's inspiration.

Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down - never previewed the movie - we just really winged it.

Kenneth Branagh is one of the funniest directors on the set. You laugh a lot. He's very skillful.

I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.

I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

Love scenes are the hardest things in the world and if you enjoy them, that's wonderful, because nobody making them sits there and goes, 'Let's do that again tomorrow.'

I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

I have no problem getting financing. I have a problem catching ideas that I fall in love with for the next feature.

Some people live, eat and breathe art, and they love acting and filmmaking. I've got other loves. I love animals. I love teaching. I love kids. That's always something in the back of my mind.

I fall in love with every film while I'm doing it. I fall in love with the directors, I fall in love with the process. I don't think I could do it otherwise.

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things.