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"I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well."

"I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

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"Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work."

"Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Work, Time, Murder, Want

4

"Projects like this don't come along very often and I feel amazingly luck to be a part of it."

"Projects like this don't come along very often and I feel amazingly luck to be a part of it."

Sam Wood, American Director

4

"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

4

"Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it."

"Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Talent, Hollywood, World

4

"It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings."

"It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Being, Concern, Today, Will

4

"You just never know when you're living in a golden age."

"You just never know when you're living in a golden age."

Alexander Payne, American Director

4

"Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they're not the brunt of the jokes. In this, they're the heroes of this story; we love these guys."

"Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they're not the brunt of the jokes. In this, they're the heroes of this story; we love these guys."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Life, Love, Heroes, Jokes

4

"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

4

"We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience."

"We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience."

Michael Bay, American Director

Movies, People, Joy, Theater

4

"I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible."

"I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible."

Robert Benton, American Director

Emotional, Feeling

4

"Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white."

"Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white."

Danny Boyle, English Director

4

"I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film."

"I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Movies, Animation, Film

4

"That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them."

"That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

4

"Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is."

"Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is."

James Broughton, American Director

Poetry, Ecstasy, Practice, Spiritual

4

"To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects."

"To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially when there is pressure to spend serious money on good special effects."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Money, Content, Film, Pressure

4

"The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself."

"The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Music, Attention, Job, Sense

4

"However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school."

"However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school."

Brian De Palma, American Director

4

"When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind."

"When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

4

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

Frederick Wiseman, American Director

4

"Each kid has a different level of expertise and some of them are very raw and inexperienced and some are incredibly mature and experienced. So you just have to go with what they are rather than have some abstract technique that you're going to try to apply to them."

"Each kid has a different level of expertise and some of them are very raw and inexperienced and some are incredibly mature and experienced. So you just have to go with what they are rather than have some abstract technique that you're going to try to apply to them."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Education, Expertise

4

"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods."

"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

Nation, Country

4

"So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good."

"So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

God, Being, First, France

4

"Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact."

"Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Media, Protection

4

"My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever."

"My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever."

Auguste Lumiere, French Director

Curiosity, Invention, Value

4

"Something is wrong here, and it's more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. It's about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life."

"Something is wrong here, and it's more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. It's about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life."

Rob Reiner, American Director

Life, Love, People, Violence

4

"Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue."

"Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue."

Woody Allen, American Director

Comedy, Drama, Problems

4

"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."

"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Actor, Fighting

4

"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

4

"Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day."

"Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Time, Life, Day, Fun

4

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

Ed Wood, American Director

Film, Supernatural

4

"If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America."

"If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America."

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch Director

Opinion, America, Old, Years

4

"I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality."

"I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality."

Barbet Schroeder, French Director

Politics, Homosexuality

4

"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."

"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

4

"Tim Burton is underrated. I loved Big Fish, loved that movie, think it's the best movie of the year, hands down. Really impressed with that."

"Tim Burton is underrated. I loved Big Fish, loved that movie, think it's the best movie of the year, hands down. Really impressed with that."

David Zucker, American Director

4

"It's not color, it's like pouring 40 tablespoons of sugar water over a roast."

"It's not color, it's like pouring 40 tablespoons of sugar water over a roast."

John Huston, American Director

4

"My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration."

"My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

4

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Work, Emotion, Value

4

"So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris."

"So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Politics, Paris

4

"There would be a paragraph about some veteran digging tunnels for the Germans in a slave labor camp, or something like that. Finally I decided to look it up and go further into it."

"There would be a paragraph about some veteran digging tunnels for the Germans in a slave labor camp, or something like that. Finally I decided to look it up and go further into it."

Charles Guggenheim, American Director

4

"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."

"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Collaboration, American, Brazil, Laws, Now

4

"Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly."

"Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly."

Rebecca Miller, American Director

Fun, Funny, Music, People, Film

4

"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

4

"I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever."

"I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

4

"You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank."

"You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

Work, Being, Responsibility, Sense

4

"My plan was to stay in Canada to make films."

"My plan was to stay in Canada to make films."

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

4

"You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them."

"You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them."

David Fincher, American Director

4

"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."

"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

4

"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

4

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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