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"There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever."

"There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Winning, Eye, Mind, Nothing

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"Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket."

"Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket."

Uwe Boll, German Director

50

"I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it."

"I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it."

Sam Mendes, British Director

50

"You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually."

"You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually."

John Milius, American Director

People, Judgment, Nothing

50

"You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time."

"You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time."

Brian De Palma, American Director

50

"One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends."

"One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Friendship, Dream, Friends, Habits, Nothing

50

"I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people."

"I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

People, Failure, Being

50

"It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture."

"It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture."

John Carpenter, American Director

Business, Time, Horror, Tongue

50

"I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden."

"I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden."

John Milius, American Director

50

"I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days."

"I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

Money, Financial, Rest, Support

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"We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express."

"We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express."

Richard King, American Director

Opportunity, Want

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"There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith."

"There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith."

James Cameron, American Director

Dream, Dreams, Faith, Thought, People

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"We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane."

"We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

49

"If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels."

"If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Writing, Writer

49

"The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront."

"The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront."

George A. Romero, American Director

49

"Yet I never want to make a movie purely for the money."

"Yet I never want to make a movie purely for the money."

Richard King, American Director

49

"I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America."

"I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America."

Morgan Spurlock, American Director

Health, America, Hearing, Obesity, Open

49

"Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure."

"Interview with a Vampire was lots of sex, so I'm not sure."

Uwe Boll, German Director

49

"So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since."

"So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since."

Alex Cox, British Director

Experience, Beginning

49

"And he said that he wrote the Bond character based on the character of David Niven. That's how he saw Bond."

"And he said that he wrote the Bond character based on the character of David Niven. That's how he saw Bond."

Val Guest, British Director

49

"Art depends on luck and talent."

"Art depends on luck and talent."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Art, Talent, Luck

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"My life and career is my own adventure."

"My life and career is my own adventure."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Life, Adventure, Career

49

"I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy."

"I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy."

John Waters, American Director

49

"That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous."

"That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Family, Dad, Advice, Film, Irony

49

"Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns."

"Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

49

"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."

"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Movies, People, Cinema, Film

49

"After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception."

"After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Success, Mother, Perception, Awards

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"I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor."

"I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

49

"In art, the obvious is a sin."

"In art, the obvious is a sin."

Edward Dmytryk, American Director

Art, Obvious, Sin

49

"In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent."

"In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent."

Roman Polanski, French Director

Car, Being, Fact, Paris

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"The film of tomorrow will be an act of love."

"The film of tomorrow will be an act of love."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Love, Act, Film, Tomorrow

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"We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love."

"We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love."

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

Love, Eyes, Suffering

49

"It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing."

"It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

49

"Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too."

"Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too."

John Milius, American Director

Time, Truth, Fact, Popular

49

"There's so few people in this town with a conscience."

"There's so few people in this town with a conscience."

Blake Edwards, American Director

People, Conscience

49

"It's much easier to work with an unknown."

"It's much easier to work with an unknown."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

49

"I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that."

"I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

49

"Technology is not neutral."

"Technology is not neutral."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

49

"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor."

"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor."

Walter Hill, American Director

Movies, Boxing, Hollywood, Metaphor

49

"All the other guys I think had a scream on Lock, Stock. They just had a laugh and a crack, and thought it would never come out; they were just having a good time. On this one, I felt that."

"All the other guys I think had a scream on Lock, Stock. They just had a laugh and a crack, and thought it would never come out; they were just having a good time. On this one, I felt that."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

49

"When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity."

"When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity."

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

Film, Integrity

49

"Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs."

"Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs."

Nick Park, British Director

Pets, Name, Right

49

"A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values."

"A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

Values, Old, Years

49

"You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten."

"You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Forgotten, Denial, Genocide, Talk

49

"It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days."

"It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

49

"Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me."

"Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me."

John McTiernan, American Director

49

"The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue as you go along, it 's disgraceful to have to do this, but now and again you have no choice."

"The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue as you go along, it 's disgraceful to have to do this, but now and again you have no choice."

Terence Fisher, British Director

Creativity, Idea, Choice, Now, Word

49

"Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane."

"Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Painting, World

49

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life."

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life."

Ted Demme, American Director

49

"I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home."

"I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Home, Thought, Pretty

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