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"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

47

"In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with."

"In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Work, People, Fact, Nothing

47

"Time was God's first creation."

"Time was God's first creation."

Walter Lang, American Director

Time, God, Creation, First

47

"It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end."

"It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

47

"I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away."

"I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Expectation, Expectations, Want

47

"There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that."

"There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Movies, Thought, Emotions, Want

47

"Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things that you know or things that happened - but my favourite filmmakers, my favourite movies of theirs tend to be the personal movies."

"Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things that you know or things that happened - but my favourite filmmakers, my favourite movies of theirs tend to be the personal movies."

Cameron Crowe, American Director

Movies, Project, Writer

47

"In this way, some film schools can be destructive."

"In this way, some film schools can be destructive."

Richard King, American Director

47

"On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre."

"On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Cinema, Television, Theatre

47

"So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior."

"So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

Movies, Behavior, Today

47

"An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original."

"An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Artist, Order

47

"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Death, Day, Walking

47

"I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends."

"I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Friendship, Friends, Now

47

"I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity."

"I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Change, Time, Maturity

47

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

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

Jean Cocteau, French Director

47

"One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film the actual campaign of Alexander crossing into India through Iran and Persia."

"One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film the actual campaign of Alexander crossing into India through Iran and Persia."

Oliver Stone, American Director

Life, Time, Film

47

"Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop."

"Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Movies, Summer, Want, Will

47

"I'd wanted to be a writer and when I came back to New York worked as a musician too, but I found my writing starting to get more and more referential to cinema."

"I'd wanted to be a writer and when I came back to New York worked as a musician too, but I found my writing starting to get more and more referential to cinema."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Cinema, Writer, Writing

47

"I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything."

"I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Writing, Projects

47

"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."

"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Society, First, Instinct, Poison

47

"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

47

"One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed."

"One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

47

"The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure."

"The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Adventure, Artists, Film, Tomorrow

47

"I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel."

"I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel."

Billy Wilder, American Director

47

"American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why."

"American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Society, Popular, Stars, World

47

"Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years."

"Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Cinema, Reality, Theatre, Years

47

"I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most."

"I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most."

Richard Linklater, American Director

47

"Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge."

"Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

People, Knowledge, Talk

47

"Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man."

"Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

47

"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

47

"As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can."

"As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Independence, America, Artist, Rights, Want

47

"Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow."

"Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

Money, People, Hollywood, Law

47

"Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are."

"Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are."

Werner Herzog, German Director

Dream, Dreams, Technology, Years

47

"When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material."

"When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Heart, Darkness, Now

47

"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations."

"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations."

Oliver Stone, American Director

47

"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam I looked into the soul of the boy next to me."

"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam I looked into the soul of the boy next to me."

Woody Allen, American Director

Education, Cheating, Curiosity, Knowledge

47

"I did not have a reputation to defend."

"I did not have a reputation to defend."

Roman Polanski, French Director

Privacy, Reputation

47

"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

47

"Cinema was my rite of passage."

"Cinema was my rite of passage."

John Singleton, American Director

47

"I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself."

"I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Challenge, Film

47

"I dream for a living."

"I dream for a living."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

47

"In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum."

"In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum."

John Carpenter, American Director

Identity, England, Germany, Horror

46

"When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'"

"When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'"

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Famous, Film, Now

46

"I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script."

"I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

46

"To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies."

"To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies."

Richard King, American Director

Government, Christianity, Mythology

46

"This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own."

"This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, First, Trying

46

"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."

"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Character, Performance, Direction

46

"Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm."

"Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm."

Nick Park, British Director

Cultural, Americans, Charm, Cute

46

"Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates."

"Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Control, Marketing

46

"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."

"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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