I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.
The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies.
I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.
There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right song for the right moment.
I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. It allows you to really appreciate the hand of the filmmaker.
I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.
My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!
As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling.
I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.
For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.
When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.
My knock with filmmaking is the whole bureaucracy around it, so in some ways, staying outside of it is easier for me.
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.
'Sunshine' is really an experiment for me to see if I am a filmmaker beyond having my own stories to tell.
Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.
Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles the creativity.
Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.
Games have has as much an impact on Hollywood filmmaking as MTV music videos did.
It's so tough to get movies made in Ireland anymore. A whole generation of Irish filmmakers doesn't have the resources to get a movie made.
