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"The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone."

"The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Education, Winning, First, Parents

37

"It's been about ten years since I've worked with actors who knew their lines!"

"It's been about ten years since I've worked with actors who knew their lines!"

John Hughes, American Director

Actor, Actors, Years

37

"I'm not really interested in making money."

"I'm not really interested in making money."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

37

"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."

"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."

Ernst Lubitsch, German Director

Talent, Man, Name, Stars

37

"For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury."

"For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Music, Entertainment, Luxury, World

37

"I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard."

"I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard."

Werner Herzog, German Director

37

"Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics."

"Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics."

Ken Burns, American Director

37

"I've got Disney blood running through my veins."

"I've got Disney blood running through my veins."

John Lasseter, American Director

Blood, Disney, Running

37

"We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable."

"We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable."

Nick Park, British Director

Computer, Computers, World

37

"If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time."

"If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

37

"That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people."

"That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

People, Patience

37

"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

37

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

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

Taylor Hackford, American Director

37

"There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy."

"There's nothing more difficult to do than comedy."

Robert Evans, American Director

Comedy, Nothing

37

"Yeah, getting the company that would help advertise and cross promote the movie on the release was an important factor for New Line, so we went out to a lot of different companies."

"Yeah, getting the company that would help advertise and cross promote the movie on the release was an important factor for New Line, so we went out to a lot of different companies."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Advertising, Company, Help

37

"The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad."

"The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad."

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

Television, World

37

"I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with."

"I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Death, End, Passion, Trying

37

"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness."

"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness."

Woody Allen, American Director

Philosophy, Love, Suffering, Happiness, Emotion

37

"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

37

"Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism."

"Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Movies, Cinema, Criticism, Film

37

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Quality, Disney, Trying

37

"What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing."

"What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing."

Alejandro Amenabar, Spanish Director

People, Hollywood, Nothing

37

"You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it."

"You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

37

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

37

"Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."

"Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."

Luis Bunuel, Mexican Director

Love, Grave, Horror, Newspapers

37

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Film, Americans, Population, World

37

"The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem."

"The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem."

Alex Cox, British Director

Imagination, Corporations, Poverty

37

"One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible."

"One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible."

John Badham, British Director

Movies, Idea, Computer, Day

37

"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses."

"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses."

Mark Rydell, American Director

37

"Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out."

"Thousands of people come to LA every year, and some of them just disappear. Somebody gets them. In the States around 100,000 people vanish each year. I don't know what that means. Maybe there's something that just pulls 'em out."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

37

"Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters."

"Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Life, Company, Years

37

"Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America."

"Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America."

Ken Burns, American Director

Society, America, Jazz

37

"The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well."

"The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Movies, Key, Pretty

37

"Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them."

"Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them."

John Lasseter, American Director

37

"Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children."

"Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Family, Children, Columbus

37

"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

37

"Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept."

"Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept."

Chris Wedge, American Director

Age, Action, Comedy, Draft

37

"When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture."

"When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture."

George Lucas, American Director

Survival, Beginning, Being, End

37

"To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence."

"To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Movies, Music, First, Play

37

"I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting."

"I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Character, Acting, Actors, Film

37

"The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago."

"The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago."

George Lucas, American Director

Civil Rights, Ideals, Principles, Today, Years

37

"Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!"

"Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!"

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Movies, Animation, Disney

37

"We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?"

"We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?"

Guy Ritchie, British Director

37

"I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini."

"I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

37

"When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you."

"When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you."

Michael Winterbottom, British Director

37

"I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there."

"I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there."

Roland Emmerich, German Director

Science, Thought, Fiction, Rights

37

"I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema."

"I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

37

"There's an electrical thing about movies."

"There's an electrical thing about movies."

Oliver Stone, American Director

37

"That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say yes to them."

"That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say yes to them."

Alex Cox, British Director

37

"Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life."

"Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Life, Movies, Time, Film

37

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