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"Silence moves faster when it's going backward."

"Silence moves faster when it's going backward."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

58

"Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea."

"Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea."

Robert Benton, American Director

Movies, Play, World

58

"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."

"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

Afghanistan, Being

58

"On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from."

"On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

58

"I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently."

"I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently."

Richard King, American Director

58

"If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office."

"If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office."

George Lucas, American Director

58

"In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows."

"In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows."

Woody Allen, American Director

58

"The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them."

"The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

58

"When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience."

"When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Expectation, Expectations, Film

58

"There are also scientific problems with the concept that each of the creation days was a long period of time."

"There are also scientific problems with the concept that each of the creation days was a long period of time."

Walter Lang, American Director

Time, Creation, Problems

58

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

Woody Allen, American Director

Money, Financial, Poverty

58

"It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters."

"It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters."

Robert Altman, American Director

58

"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."

"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Opera, Drama, Play, Singing

58

"They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original."

"They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Work, Trying, Will

58

"Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom."

"Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

58

"Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land."

"Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land."

Roland Joffe, English Director

Coach, Coaches, Land, Ski

58

"If I had my life to live over I wish I could be a great pianist or something."

"If I had my life to live over I wish I could be a great pianist or something."

Woody Allen, American Director

Ambition, Regret, Dream, Music, Desire

58

"Hopefully, if not it's not working right. I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I like cherries, I like bananas."

"Hopefully, if not it's not working right. I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I like cherries, I like bananas."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Collaboration, Right, Will

58

"I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success."

"I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success."

Michael Bay, American Director

Success, Business, People, Care

58

"Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello."

"Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello."

Ed Wood, American Director

58

"The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere."

"The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere."

Joel Coen, American Director

58

"There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?"

"There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?"

Woody Allen, American Director

Mystery, Observation, Spiritual, Curiosity

58

"So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true."

"So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Nationality, American, Film

58

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

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

Walter Lang, American Director

57

"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."

"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Honesty, Being, Obligation, Sexuality

57

"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right."

"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Obedience, Right, Will

57

"If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career."

"If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Movies, Audiences, Career, Value

57

"I'm just generally hugely frustrated, I'm a very, very frustrated man. I'm just a ball of pent-up frustration."

"I'm just generally hugely frustrated, I'm a very, very frustrated man. I'm just a ball of pent-up frustration."

Allan Carr, British Director

Frustration, Man

57

"I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films."

"I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

57

"Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment."

"Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment."

Walter Lang, American Director

God, Environment

57

"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

57

"Cinema has only been around for about 100 years. Has all of the world's violence towards women taken place only within the past 100 years?"

"Cinema has only been around for about 100 years. Has all of the world's violence towards women taken place only within the past 100 years?"

Richard King, American Director

Woman, Women, Cinema, Past, Violence

57

"Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy."

"Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Contradiction, Philosophy

57

"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

57

"It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground."

"It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

57

"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

57

"All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me."

"All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Atmosphere, Moments, Tension

57

"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."

"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

57

"You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler."

"You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Politics, Englfrance

57

"My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story."

"My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Love, Actors, First, Instinct

57

"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

57

"I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos."

"I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos."

Richard King, American Director

57

"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

57

"I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors."

"I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors."

Richard Linklater, American Director

57

"They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong."

"They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

57

"The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword."

"The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Man, Men, Existence, Meaning, Woman

57

"Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing."

"Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Being, Mankind, Scientists

57

"I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything."

"I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything."

Val Guest, British Director

Comedy, Film, Job

57

"We worked solidly for a long time together. George Marriott Edgar and myself."

"We worked solidly for a long time together. George Marriott Edgar and myself."

Val Guest, British Director

57

"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

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