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"My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures."

"My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Change, Design, Computer, Light

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"Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies."

"Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies."

Ridley Scott, British Director

48

"The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood."

"The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

48

"There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work."

"There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Work, Actor, Day, Testing

48

"For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty."

"For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Church, Land, Old

48

"I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement."

"I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement."

Ken Burns, American Director

Life, Fear, Choices, Cynicism

48

"I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their own personality that make a character, that exaggerates some qualities and suppresses other qualities. It's always a real collaboration for me."

"I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their own personality that make a character, that exaggerates some qualities and suppresses other qualities. It's always a real collaboration for me."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Work, Character, Actors, Collaboration

48

"It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching."

"It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

48

"You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning."

"You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning."

Billy Wilder, American Director

48

"I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way."

"I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

48

"I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody."

"I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody."

Spike Lee, American Director

People, African, Culture

48

"Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing."

"Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing."

Alain Resnais, French Director

48

"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff."

"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff."

Ted Demme, American Director

Movies, Today, Want

48

"Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki."

"Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

48

"I started working with friends of mine and that, to some degree, continues."

"I started working with friends of mine and that, to some degree, continues."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Friendship, Friends

48

"As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing."

"As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

Change, Nothing

48

"Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film."

"Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film."

Michael Apted, British Director

Quality, Film, Now, Obvious

48

"I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise."

"I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Time, Being, Compromise, Luxury

48

"Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings."

"Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings."

Alex Cox, British Director

Time, Conservative, English, Language

48

"I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."

"I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

48

"I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, "Does this suck?" and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, "I'm on fire, I'm amazing!" and I don't think that's the way to work."

"I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, "Does this suck?" and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, "I'm on fire, I'm amazing!" and I don't think that's the way to work."

David O. Russell, American Director

Work, Fire, Humility, Saying

48

"Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness."

"Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness."

James Broughton, American Director

Violence, End, Poets, Sadness, Youth

48

"His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy."

"His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy."

Woody Allen, American Director

48

"It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work."

"It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work."

Richard Donner, American Director

47

"In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it."

"In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

47

"I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once."

"I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once."

Roland Joffe, English Director

47

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Reason, Romantic

47

"I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge."

"I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge."

Michael Ritchie, American Director

47

"I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally."

"I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally."

Wes Craven, American Director

People, Being, Fans, Nothing

47

"The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer."

"The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer."

James Cameron, American Director

People, Film, Saying

47

"I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera."

"I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

47

"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."

"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Challenge, Film

47

"The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out."

"The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Love, Work, Rules, Skill

47

"We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world."

"We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

47

"I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did."

"I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Politics, Communism, Future

47

"Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony."

"Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony."

Blake Edwards, American Director

47

"Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer."

"Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer."

George Lucas, American Director

Writing, Writer

47

"A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking."

"A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Money, Time, Novelty, Production

47

"At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."

"At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

Age, Music, Poetry, Listening

47

"Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that."

"Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that."

Werner Herzog, German Director

Art, Audiences, Want

47

"I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing."

"I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing."

John Schlesinger, British Director

47

"When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum."

"When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

47

"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

47

"I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong."

"I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Government, Drugs, Evil, Law

47

"Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite."

"Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite."

Frank Capra, American Director

Transformation, Extreme

47

"Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory."

"Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Time, People, Deep, Memory

47

"Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons."

"Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Art, Animation, Cartoons

47

"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."

"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

Art, Architecture, Dance, Film

47

"Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance."

"Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Performance, Devil

47

"Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film changes as time goes by and based on the mental state of the protagonist."

"Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film changes as time goes by and based on the mental state of the protagonist."

Alex Cox, British Director

Time, Film, State, Style

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