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"My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place."

"My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Creativity, Ideas, Understanding

46

"The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes."

"The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, Commercialism

46

"No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake."

"No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake."

Walter Lang, American Director

Mistake, Bible, Spirit, Writer

46

"If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors."

"If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Actor, Actors, Mistakes, Right

46

"I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved."

"I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved."

Allan Carr, British Director

46

"I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer."

"I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Sex, Truth, Observation

46

"Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists."

"Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists."

Brian De Palma, American Director

Creativity, Idea, Tourists

45

"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

War, People, Help, World

45

"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."

"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Experience, Comedy, Romantic

45

"If you respect the audience enough, they can take onboard many things."

"If you respect the audience enough, they can take onboard many things."

Nick Park, British Director

45

"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."

"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Family, Job, Support

45

"Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.'"

"Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.'"

Tom Hooper, British Director

Friendship, Mother, English, Friends, London

45

"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."

"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

45

"Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity."

"Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity."

Mike Leigh, British Director

Compromise, Danger, Film, Hollywood

45

"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."

"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

45

"A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it."

"A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it."

Tony Scott, British Director

Actor, Actors, Talk

45

"It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality."

"It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Nation, Country, Reality

45

"I've always been able to survive by writing, though."

"I've always been able to survive by writing, though."

John Milius, American Director

45

"I don't mind writing so I didn't find that difficult, it's just a question of finding the time to do it. I kind of like the direct connection with the fans actually, it's pretty neat."

"I don't mind writing so I didn't find that difficult, it's just a question of finding the time to do it. I kind of like the direct connection with the fans actually, it's pretty neat."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Time, Connection, Fans, Mind

45

"In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War."

"In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War."

Chuck Jones, American Director

War, Old, Years

45

"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."

"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Music, Film, Opera

45

"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."

"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Home, Murder, Television

45

"I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on."

"I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Love, Fun, Want

45

"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

45

"I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life."

"I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Life, Mother, Control

45

"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."

"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."

Woody Allen, American Director

45

"But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there."

"But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

45

"I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood."

"I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

45

"I think Alone in the Dark was too much an action creature movie than a horror creature movie."

"I think Alone in the Dark was too much an action creature movie than a horror creature movie."

Uwe Boll, German Director

45

"Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn't think they were right for Airplane! because it would step on the joke if there was a known comedian."

"Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn't think they were right for Airplane! because it would step on the joke if there was a known comedian."

David Zucker, American Director

Love, Funny, Thought, Right

45

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets."

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets."

Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

45

"It seems we will continue to have problems with this classification and it may be because it comes under the heading of creation rather than preservation."

"It seems we will continue to have problems with this classification and it may be because it comes under the heading of creation rather than preservation."

Walter Lang, American Director

Creation, May, Problems, Will

45

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

John Milius, American Director

45

"The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work."

"The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Love, Work, First

45

"I like death. I'm a big fan of it."

"I like death. I'm a big fan of it."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

45

"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

45

"Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that."

"Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

45

"The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good."

"The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

Creativity, Ideas

45

"There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest."

"There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest."

James Cameron, American Director

Capitalism, Population

45

"I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that."

"I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Art, Music, Dance, Film

45

"On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film."

"On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Media, Audiences, Film, School, Students

45

"I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today."

"I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

45

"I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school."

"I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Ability, School

45

"You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no violence, no sex, no drugs, nothing."

"You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no violence, no sex, no drugs, nothing."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Sex, Countries, Drugs, Literature

45

"These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word "queer" is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer."

"These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word "queer" is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer."

Derek Jarman, British Director

Love, Gay, Word

45

"If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you."

"If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Fun, Funny, Truth, People

45

"I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different."

"I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

Art, Drinks, Silly

45

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

Woody Allen, American Director

45

"The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall."

"The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Birds, Flowers, Value

45

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Propaganda, Want

45

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