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Film Directing Quotes

What most of us must be involved in--whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do--has to not only make people feel good and inspired and at one with other people around them, but also has to educate a new generation to do this very modest thing: change the world. Howard Zinn
Gene Wilder quote: "Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film..."
Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction! Gene Wilder
Ryan Phillippe quote: "I've written something and I would like to have my first film..."
I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30. Ryan Phillippe
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. Ingmar Bergman
Christopher McQuarrie quote: "Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films."
Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. Christopher McQuarrie
Fred Durst quote: "Directing a film is a lot of work."
Directing a film is a lot of work. Fred Durst
Kevin Spacey quote: "Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always..."
Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller. Kevin Spacey
Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision. Tim Robbins
When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make way for it in our imagination. The sequence of pictures plays directly on our feelings. Music works in the same fashion; I would say that there is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect. And film is mainly rhythm; it is inhalation and exhalation in continuous sequence. Ingmar Bergman
It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't. Guy Ritchie
Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule. Satyajit Ray
They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors. Salma Hayek
I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name. Mary-Kate Olsen
Harold Ramis quote: "I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only..."
I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful. Harold Ramis
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother... Jim Jarmusch

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