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"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Development, Production

52

"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

52

"I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way."

"I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

52

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

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

Guy Ritchie, British Director

52

"Each feature I make is my focus at that time."

"Each feature I make is my focus at that time."

Richard King, American Director

52

"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."

"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."

Billy Wilder, American Director

52

"The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in."

"The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Age, Criticism, Culture, Film

52

"There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book."

"There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Chance, Children, Film, Pleasure

52

"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

52

"Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes."

"Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Creativity, Idea, Eyes, Film

52

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

52

"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York."

"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Dance, Dancing, Style

52

"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

52

"And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know."

"And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Control, Committee

52

"Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it's like, you know, a kid in a candy store!"

"Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it's like, you know, a kid in a candy store!"

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

Movies, Eating, Value

52

"To me style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style, like the outside and the inside of the human body. Both go together, they can't be separated."

"To me style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style, like the outside and the inside of the human body. Both go together, they can't be separated."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

Body, Content, Style

52

"The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire."

"The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Trust, Belief, First, Journey, Satire

52

"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

52

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

Richard Linklater, American Director

52

"Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making."

"Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making."

Wim Wenders, German Director

52

"Taste is a result of a thousand distastes."

"Taste is a result of a thousand distastes."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

52

"Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live."

"Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

52

"Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off."

"Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off."

Richard King, American Director

Creativity, Ideas, Censorship, May, Opinion

52

"Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common."

"Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common."

David R. Ellis, American Director

52

"I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment."

"I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

52

"Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world."

"Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

People, Afghanistan, Country, Day

52

"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

52

"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."

"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

52

"The truth will only be told over a career."

"The truth will only be told over a career."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Truth, Career, Will

52

"Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists."

"Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists."

Alan Parker, British Director

Film, Ireland, Irish, Rain

52

"I have no problem being with people of different nationalities."

"I have no problem being with people of different nationalities."

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

52

"I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect."

"I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect."

Spike Lee, American Director

52

"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."

"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

52

"For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on."

"For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Work, Being, Now

52

"Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism."

"Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism."

Michael Bay, American Director

Heroism, Tragedy

52

"Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square."

"Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square."

Alex Cox, British Director

Politics, English, Language, Shakespeare

52

"Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it."

"Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it."

Walter Lang, American Director

God, People, Language, Thinking

52

"If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist."

"If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist."

Richard King, American Director

Inspirational, Movies, Inspiration, Act, Cinema

52

"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

52

"But surrealism is present in most of my pictures."

"But surrealism is present in most of my pictures."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Present, Surrealism

52

"There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't."

"There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Education, Country, Drugs, Poverty

52

"But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later."

"But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Beginning, Project, Reason

52

"I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films."

"I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

52

"Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language."

"Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language."

John Milius, American Director

Writing, Drama, Language, Learning, Skill

52

"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard."

"I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard."

Ernst Lubitsch, German Director

Work, Mediocrity

52

"Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it."

"Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Art, Misery, Worth

52

"First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy."

"First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Work, Comedy, First, Silly

52

"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more."

"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more."

Woody Allen, American Director

Philosophy, Morality, Truth, Observation, Happiness

52

"It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful."

"It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful."

Billy Wilder, American Director

52

"Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."

"Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."

Woody Allen, American Director

Relationship, Love, Humor, Desire, Life

52

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