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Quotes by Director

"It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

"It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

Joel Coen, American Director

49

"Bullshit french post-war rationalizing."

"Bullshit french post-war rationalizing."

Woody Allen, American Director

Critique, Logic, Observation, Humor, History

49

"Those modern analysts they charge so much! In my day for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks Freud would let you treat him - that included a choice of any two vegetables."

"Those modern analysts they charge so much! In my day for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks Freud would let you treat him - that included a choice of any two vegetables."

Woody Allen, American Director

Observation, History, Psychology, Humor, Analysis

49

"There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan."

"There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

49

"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up."

"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Success, Art, Artists, Fame

49

"If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right."

"If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right."

Woody Allen, American Director

Success, Profit, Right

49

"I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth."

"I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

48

"I get a great high from writing."

"I get a great high from writing."

Walter Hill, American Director

48

"Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact."

"Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Heart, Actors, America

48

"Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another."

"Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another."

Walter Lang, American Director

48

"Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited."

"Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited."

Michael Apted, British Director

Music, Work, Financial, Rights

48

"I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing."

"I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Thought, Nostalgia

48

"There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing."

"There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing."

Michael Winterbottom, British Director

48

"I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore."

"I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Work, Actors, Want

48

"My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me."

"My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me."

David Lynch, American Director

48

"I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan."

"I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan."

Walter Hill, American Director

48

"It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth."

"It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

48

"What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me."

"What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me."

John Carpenter, American Director

48

"A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion."

"A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion."

Karel Reisz, Czechoslovakian Director

Expression, Fancy, Opinion, Style

48

"Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better."

"Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

48

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Life, Reflection

48

"I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself."

"I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself."

Allan Carr, British Director

Celebrity, Meeting

48

"Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings."

"Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

48

"The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?"

"The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?"

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Family, Children, Company, Fantasy, Film

48

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

Mike Nichols, German Director

48

"When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful."

"When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Fun, Funny, Humor, Success, Time

48

"In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll."

"In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Innovation, Relativity

48

"Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for."

"Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

48

"Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they're not the brunt of the jokes. In this, they're the heroes of this story; we love these guys."

"Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they're not the brunt of the jokes. In this, they're the heroes of this story; we love these guys."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Life, Love, Heroes, Jokes

48

"Most artists think they're frauds anyway."

"Most artists think they're frauds anyway."

John Milius, American Director

Perspective, Artists

48

"To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects."

"To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Money, Content, Film, Pressure

48

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

Ed Wood, American Director

Film, Supernatural

48

"I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing."

"I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

48

"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them."

"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

Nature, Man, Meaning, Space

48

"I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant."

"I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

48

"When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins."

"When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Judgment, Justice, Vengeance

48

"New Zealand is not a small country but a large village."

"New Zealand is not a small country but a large village."

Peter Jackson, New Zealander Director

Nation, Country, Newzealander

48

"Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs."

"Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Act, First, Joy, Limits

48

"House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights."

"House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Film, First, Rights, Influence

48

"Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake has all sorts of numerical values. All things come back to him within the film's world of cons and games."

"Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake has all sorts of numerical values. All things come back to him within the film's world of cons and games."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Values, Film, Games, Name

48

"Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world."

"Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world."

Walter Lang, American Director

God, People, Evil, World

48

"For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you."

"For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you."

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

Optimism, Lovers, Sunset, Walking

48

"Nah, I've done sex scenes before, you know, like in video."

"Nah, I've done sex scenes before, you know, like in video."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

48

"Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside."

"Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside."

Ernst Lubitsch, German Director

48

"If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas."

"If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

48

"The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene."

"The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene."

Edward Dmytryk, American Director

48

"There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again."

"There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again."

Ted Demme, American Director

48

"When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them."

"When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

48

"I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies."

"I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies."

Karel Reisz, Czechoslovakian Director

Movies, Vision, Beginning, Now

48

"Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage."

"Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage."

John Milius, American Director

People, Courage, Pretty

48

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