Quotes of: Film-making Keyword

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

Jamie Bell

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

Bernadette Peters

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

Cate Blanchett

I always try to make films in such a way that it's hard to imagine how they came to be, or where they came from.

Harmony Korine

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

Jehane Noujaim

How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?

Jose Padilha

For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave.

Jacques Rivette

I was very friendly with Jimi Hendrix because my boyfriend at the time, Tommy Weber, was making a film about him, so I would go to all of his shows.

Charlotte Rampling

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

Dwight Yoakam

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

Matthew Goode

I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.

Natalie Portman

I feel like touchscreen technology blows my mind still. It just makes me think of all of the sci-fi films I enjoyed as a kid.

Joe Trohman

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

Matthew Macfadyen

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

Mike Figgis

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list.

Robbie Robertson

If you're a film studio, you're making a movie for a foreign market. You're pursuing ideas that travel well. It changes the movies we see and how movies are made.

Anita Elberse

Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are the people I look up to. They are quality film-makers making interesting, controversial, ground-breaking movies with very little eye on the marketplace.

Eric Fellner

What I've always thought I would do is make a bunch of movies and then stop to teach for awhile. And then just teach at film schools - you know, teach children.

Eli Roth

I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.

Imtiaz Ali

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.

Jason Reitman

I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.

Lana Del Rey