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"I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters."

"I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

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"Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible."

"Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible."

Walter Lang, American Director

Love, Superiority, God, Bible

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"So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world."

"So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world."

James Cameron, American Director

People, Literary, Present, Sense

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"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

48

"Time is not eternal but was created by God at the beginning."

"Time is not eternal but was created by God at the beginning."

Walter Lang, American Director

Time, God, Beginning

48

"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."

"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

48

"I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way."

"I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way."

Mike Figgis, English Director

Cinema, Country, World

48

"At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back."

"At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Hunger, End, Film

48

"I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden."

"I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

Home, Emotions, Forbidden, Radical

48

"Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film."

"Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

Nature, Film, Language

48

"You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that."

"You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that."

Anthony Minghella, British Director

Isolation, Writer

48

"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Paradise, Humanity

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"What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority."

"What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority."

Robert Altman, American Director

People, Minority

48

"I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary."

"I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary."

David Zucker, American Director

Love, Funny, Thought, Dumb

48

"Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie."

"Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Life, Children, Trying

48

"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

48

"You think about taking audiences on a journey."

"You think about taking audiences on a journey."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Entertainment, Audiences, Journey

48

"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

48

"So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long."

"So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Cultural, Culture

48

"I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different."

"I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different."

Sam Mendes, British Director

People, Open, Sense

48

"We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis."

"We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis."

Joel Coen, American Director

Rules, Violence

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"We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire."

"We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire."

Sam Wood, American Director

Development, Want

47

"I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds."

"I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

Moderation, Violence

47

"I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring."

"I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

Inspirational, Inspiring, Question, Want

47

"Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer."

"Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

Living, Man, Moon

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"Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place."

"Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place."

John Schlesinger, British Director

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"I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas."

"I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

Money, Ideas, American, Cinema

47

"Photography must be integrated with the story."

"Photography must be integrated with the story."

James Wong Howe, Chinese Director

Integration, Photography

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"Without obsession, life is nothing."

"Without obsession, life is nothing."

John Waters, American Director

Life, Nothing, Obsession

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"Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more."

"Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Criticism, Day, Entertainment, Now

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"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."

"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Film, Fun, Irony

47

"You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that."

"You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Work, Choice, First, Reward

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"First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct."

"First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Achievement, Chance, First

47

"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

47

"In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically."

"In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Media, American, Entertainment, First, Years

47

"I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories."

"I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

47

"Art is not a pastime but a priesthood."

"Art is not a pastime but a priesthood."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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"The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula."

"The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Cultural, American, Formula

47

"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

47

"People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning."

"People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

People, Beginning, End

47

"I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever."

"I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism."

"Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism."

Walter Lang, American Director

47

"The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy."

"The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

People, Alchemy, Cinema, Moments

47

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

Roman Polanski, French Director

47

"I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like."

"I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

47

"The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America."

"The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Support, America, Film

47

"There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?"

"There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?"

M. Night Shyamalan, American Director

47

"I think ultimately if you have a very high expectation of your audience and you know exactly what it is you're trying to express through the medium of film, there will always be an audience for you."

"I think ultimately if you have a very high expectation of your audience and you know exactly what it is you're trying to express through the medium of film, there will always be an audience for you."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Expectation, Film, Trying, Will

47

"I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."

"I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Thought, People

47

"I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently."

"I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Act, Consciousness, Passion

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