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"For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists."

"For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Politics, Thinking, Years

14

"Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico."

"Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Location, Feet, Mountains

14

"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."

"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."

Woody Allen, American Director

14

"The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine."

"The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine."

Robert Bresson, French Director

14

"What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you."

"What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

14

"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."

"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

14

"The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart."

"The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart."

John Grierson, British Director

Truth, Lie, Heart, Paradox

14

"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

14

"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

14

"Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all - no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebody's garage in Los Angeles at that point - for a year."

"Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all - no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebody's garage in Los Angeles at that point - for a year."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

Money, Car, Home, Living

14

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

"For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Work, Actors, Example, Hurt

14

"It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good."

"It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good."

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian Director

Media, American

14

"I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm."

"I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

Movies, Cinema, Project

14

"Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs."

"Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Act, First, Joy, Limits

14

"Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal."

"Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

People, Opportunity, Responsibility

14

"What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction."

"What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Life, Movies, American, Suffering

14

"I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second."

"I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second."

John Lasseter, American Director

Art, Control, Cartoons, Disney

14

"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

14

"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

14

"Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable."

"Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable."

Werner Herzog, German Director

Power, Truth, Bizarre, Facts

14

"Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity."

"Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

Society, Afghanistan, Complexity, Culture

14

"I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways."

"I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

Friendship, Duty, Friends

14

"In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that."

"In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

Time, Advertising, Office

14

"Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling."

"Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling."

Roman Polanski, French Director

Emotional, Feeling, Emotion

14

"Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire."

"Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Hollywood, Satire

14

"I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does."

"I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does."

Ethan Coen, American Director

Actor, Actors, Production

14

"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."

"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."

Bille August, Danish Director

14

"Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project."

"Also, I plan to screw something up on every movie I do so that I can learn from my mistakes and become a better director with each project."

Richard King, American Director

Mistake, Mistakes, Project

14

"Previously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally."

"Previously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

14

"Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film."

"Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Finance, Film, Years

14

"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."

"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Success, Successful

14

"The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie."

"The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

14

"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

14

"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."

"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."

Alan Parker, British Director

Film, Recreation

14

"When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century."

"When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

14

"I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater."

"I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater."

John Hughes, American Director

Romantic, Romance, Day, School, Theater

14

"Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?"

"Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?"

Ed Wood, American Director

Movies, Successful, Now, Profit

14

"A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it."

"A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it."

John Milius, American Director

14

"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

14

"That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children."

"That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children."

Rebecca Miller, American Director

Woman, Women, Children

14

"She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film."

"She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film."

Bille August, Danish Director

People, Beginning, Film

14

"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

14

"I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good."

"I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good."

Richard King, American Director

Movies, Care, Film, School

14

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

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

Richard King, American Director

14

"I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences."

"I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, Audiences, Taste

14

"Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme."

"Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme."

John Carpenter, American Director

14

"My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx - though this undoubtedly will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel."

"My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx - though this undoubtedly will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel."

John Grierson, British Director

Attitude, Planning, State, Will

14

"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."

"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Genius, May, Wrong

14

"Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time."

"Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Time, Film, First

14

"My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on."

"My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on."

John Hughes, American Director

Heroism, Heroes

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