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Quotes about filmmaking reveal the art, struggle, and imagination behind bringing stories to life on screen. They reflect the balance between technical craft and emotional truth that defines the medium. The following collection offers perspectives from those who see cinema not just as entertainment, but as a powerful way of seeing the world.   ◀ Back
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Bergman movies were the most influential. They used to show at Goucher University, which was where my parents used to live. 'Brink of Life' was the first one I ever saw. Three pregnant women in a maternity ward and their misery - I love that. That is what I want to show at my funeral.
- John Waters
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I'm from Hollywood. That's where we make movies and TV shows... I'm not from down here in men-fus ten-uh-see, okay?
- Andy Kaufman
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We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies.
- Terry Gilliam
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We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child.
- Jessica Hagedorn
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I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.
- Kirk Hammett
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
- T. J. Miller
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I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. I don't need it.
- Bill Murray
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Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.
- Neil LaBute
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I think if you're watching 'Dumb and Dumber,' I don't know whether you need to buy the Blu-ray of a comedy or something like that. But if you're watching 'Event Horizon,' 'Death Race,' 'Alien vs. Predator' I mean, I think these movies are definitely enhanced by the Blu-ray experience.
- Paul W. S. Anderson
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I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.
- David Niven
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I can't stop watching black and white movies. I live in a world of Warner Brothers movies and all of that stuff from an older era, and I love them. I still love them. When I look at them, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong time.
- William Forsythe
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I actually do like scary movies. I used to hate scary movies. You know, when I was young, I saw 'The Changeling,' with George C. Scott, which I think is the scariest movie ever made. After I saw that, I swore I would never see a horror film again. Then I started making them.
- Neve Campbell
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A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil.
- Max Cavalera
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I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.
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'Jaws' has turned into one of those films that when you see it on TV, you turn it on, and you can't turn it off. So, in that regard, I've seen it a million times. It's the only film I'm aware of that could be released now for the first time and have the same impact that it did then. You can't say that about a lot of movies.
- Richard Dreyfuss
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It's just weird that for some people, art is a luxury. My parents had no artistic outlet. Some people pass down music to their kids, but I couldn't tell you what my mom's or dad's favorite song is. So when I started going out into the world, I was drawn to people who knew about movies, art, even fashion.
- Channing Tatum
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Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less.
- Ben Hecht
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I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.
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All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.
- Darren Shan
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You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies.
- Christopher Nolan
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I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away. That's why I tend to work with the same people; I really befriend them.
- John Hughes
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Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.
- Robert Altman
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The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
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Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?'
- Eli Roth
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Bergman movies were the most influential. They used to show at Goucher University, which was where my parents used to live. 'Brink of Life' was the first one I ever saw. Three pregnant women in a maternity ward and their misery - I love that. That is what I want to show at my funeral.
- John Waters
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I'm from Hollywood. That's where we make movies and TV shows... I'm not from down here in men-fus ten-uh-see, okay?
- Andy Kaufman
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We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies.
- Terry Gilliam
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We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child.
- Jessica Hagedorn
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I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.
- Kirk Hammett
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
- T. J. Miller
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I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. I don't need it.
- Bill Murray
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Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.
- Neil LaBute
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I think if you're watching 'Dumb and Dumber,' I don't know whether you need to buy the Blu-ray of a comedy or something like that. But if you're watching 'Event Horizon,' 'Death Race,' 'Alien vs. Predator' I mean, I think these movies are definitely enhanced by the Blu-ray experience.
- Paul W. S. Anderson
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I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.
- David Niven
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I can't stop watching black and white movies. I live in a world of Warner Brothers movies and all of that stuff from an older era, and I love them. I still love them. When I look at them, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong time.
- William Forsythe
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I actually do like scary movies. I used to hate scary movies. You know, when I was young, I saw 'The Changeling,' with George C. Scott, which I think is the scariest movie ever made. After I saw that, I swore I would never see a horror film again. Then I started making them.
- Neve Campbell
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A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil.
- Max Cavalera
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I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.
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'Jaws' has turned into one of those films that when you see it on TV, you turn it on, and you can't turn it off. So, in that regard, I've seen it a million times. It's the only film I'm aware of that could be released now for the first time and have the same impact that it did then. You can't say that about a lot of movies.
- Richard Dreyfuss
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It's just weird that for some people, art is a luxury. My parents had no artistic outlet. Some people pass down music to their kids, but I couldn't tell you what my mom's or dad's favorite song is. So when I started going out into the world, I was drawn to people who knew about movies, art, even fashion.
- Channing Tatum
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Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less.
- Ben Hecht
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I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.
- Darren Shan
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You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies.
- Christopher Nolan
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I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away. That's why I tend to work with the same people; I really befriend them.
- John Hughes
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Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.
- Robert Altman
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The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?'
- Eli Roth
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Bergman movies were the most influential. They used to show at Goucher University, which was where my parents used to live. 'Brink of Life' was the first one I ever saw. Three pregnant women in a maternity ward and their misery - I love that. That is what I want to show at my funeral.
- John Waters
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm from Hollywood. That's where we make movies and TV shows... I'm not from down here in men-fus ten-uh-see, okay?
- Andy Kaufman
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies.
- Terry Gilliam
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child.
- Jessica Hagedorn
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.
- Kirk Hammett
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
- T. J. Miller
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. I don't need it.
- Bill Murray
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.
- Neil LaBute
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think if you're watching 'Dumb and Dumber,' I don't know whether you need to buy the Blu-ray of a comedy or something like that. But if you're watching 'Event Horizon,' 'Death Race,' 'Alien vs. Predator' I mean, I think these movies are definitely enhanced by the Blu-ray experience.
- Paul W. S. Anderson
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I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.
- David Niven
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I can't stop watching black and white movies. I live in a world of Warner Brothers movies and all of that stuff from an older era, and I love them. I still love them. When I look at them, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong time.
- William Forsythe
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I actually do like scary movies. I used to hate scary movies. You know, when I was young, I saw 'The Changeling,' with George C. Scott, which I think is the scariest movie ever made. After I saw that, I swore I would never see a horror film again. Then I started making them.
- Neve Campbell
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A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil.
- Max Cavalera
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Jaws' has turned into one of those films that when you see it on TV, you turn it on, and you can't turn it off. So, in that regard, I've seen it a million times. It's the only film I'm aware of that could be released now for the first time and have the same impact that it did then. You can't say that about a lot of movies.
- Richard Dreyfuss
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's just weird that for some people, art is a luxury. My parents had no artistic outlet. Some people pass down music to their kids, but I couldn't tell you what my mom's or dad's favorite song is. So when I started going out into the world, I was drawn to people who knew about movies, art, even fashion.
- Channing Tatum
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Of the 60 movies I wrote, more than half were written in two weeks or less.
- Ben Hecht
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.
- Darren Shan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets you believe in extraordinary things that move you in some way, in an almost operatic sensibility? That to me is the most fun I have at the movies.
- Christopher Nolan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away. That's why I tend to work with the same people; I really befriend them.
- John Hughes
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.
- Robert Altman
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?'
- Eli Roth
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