40 Film-Making Quotes for You to Enjoy

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service. Alexander Payne

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I'm very interested in the editing process - in all aspects of film-making, really. Alicia Vikander

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I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. Ang Lee

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We have a lot of respect for the fact that you can't make movies without money and that when money comes to the table, that money deserves to have a place in the process as much as anything else in the film-making equation. Anthony Russo

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At school, film-making had been the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me. Then I get to L.A., and it's this whole other thing. I checked out. Barry Jenkins

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Film-making was not at all what I had expected. Brigitte Bardot

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I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making - when we twist the real events of the world into something that offers us hope - and I believe in that. Charles Sturridge

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The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department. Domhnall Gleeson

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I use my film-making to work through my deep questions and my deep problems. I think I could watch each film and tell you exactly which part of my psyche I'm trying to work out. George Clooney

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure you get from working with all these really talented people, and pooling the efforts towards a common goal. I like all the aspects of film-making. Henry Selick

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Dance fascinates me, and it is perhaps the most enriching audio-visual realm for a musician. Film-making also fascinates me. Jean-Michel Jarre

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I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos. John Carney

My primary passion is film-making. That's the aspect of my life that defines me, completes me, and completely grounds me. Everything else - from judging a reality TV show to hosting a talk show - is just a result of me being a film-maker. I am the happiest, satisfied and at peace when I am behind the camera. Karan Johar

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I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring. Kathryn Bigelow

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It's with pleasure that I'm putting film-making aside. I never enjoyed making films. I didn't like the whole film world - an invented, unreal world whose values are completely different to those I'm used to. Krzysztof Kieslowski

There was a golden era in film-making in Hollywood back in the 1970s, and although there is some great independent film-making in America, it's actually very hard to get independent films made in the United States. It's much more feasible from Europe. Lenny Abrahamson

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I got into acting to get my foot in the door for film-making. Logan Lerman

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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making. Maggie Grace

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When the film industry moves to the 21st century, there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that the money used in film-making is clean and devoid of any underworld connections. Mahesh Bhatt

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