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"Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in."

"Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Film, Project, Right

3

"That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction."

"That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction."

David O. Russell, American Director

Attention, Ego, Spiritual, Trying

3

"I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power."

"I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power."

Oliver Stone, American Director

History, Power, People

3

"If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results."

"If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results."

Walter Lang, American Director

Money, People, Beginning, Benefits

3

"Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!"

"Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!"

Errol Morris, American Director

People, Fear, Ideas, Country

3

"To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride."

"To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

People, Fear, Amusement, Film

3

"I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public."

"I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public."

George Lucas, American Director

Thought, Public

3

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."

Billy Wilder, American Director

3

"If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic."

"If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic."

Richard Eyre, British Director

Chance, Fantasy, Reality

3

"In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel."

"In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel."

Ken Burns, American Director

Music, Emotions, End

3

"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

3

"I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures."

"I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

3

"In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between relatives today."

"In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between relatives today."

Walter Lang, American Director

Beginning, Cause, Race, Relatives

3

"I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much."

"I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much."

Alexander Payne, American Director

Love, Movies, Fact

3

"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

3

"I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire."

"I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire."

David Zucker, American Director

Humor, Business, Satire

3

"I don't think Pulp Fiction is hard to watch at all."

"I don't think Pulp Fiction is hard to watch at all."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

3

"You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd."

"You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd."

Joel Coen, American Director

3

"In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story."

"In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Creativity, Idea, Connection, Name, Right

3

"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."

"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

3

"Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car."

"Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Car, Film, Now, Trying

3

"At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active."

"At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Time, Television, Theatre

3

"Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that."

"Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that."

Terence Fisher, British Director

Spiritual, End, Fact, Mind, Supernatural

3

"I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life."

"I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life."

John Milius, American Director

Life, Work, Help, Integrity

3

"I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea."

"I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea."

Alain Resnais, French Director

Creativity, Idea, Film

3

"When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out."

"When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out."

Nick Park, British Director

People, America, American, First

3

"They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald Sutherland goes to look for the policeman who's investigating the two women."

"They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald Sutherland goes to look for the policeman who's investigating the two women."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Woman, Women, Mistake, Now, Wrong

3

"It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them."

"It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Experience, People, Cause, Film

3

"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

3

"Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters."

"Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters."

Samuel Fuller, American Director

Action, Eye, Style

3

"And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things."

"And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

People, Compassion, Kindness, Tolerance

3

"You can't change the system through violence."

"You can't change the system through violence."

Alex Cox, British Director

Change, Violence

3

"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right."

"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Obedience, Right, Will

3

"There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing."

"There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing."

Michael Winterbottom, British Director

3

"Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street."

"Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Policy, Drugs, World

3

"I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew."

"I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

Time, People, Balance, Growingup

3

"One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to."

"One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to."

Peter Bogdanovich, American Director

People, Today, Wrong

3

"Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say."

"Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

3

"I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore."

"I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Work, Actors, Want

3

"Don't just stand there, idiot. Call a doctor, and then help me find a nose."

"Don't just stand there, idiot. Call a doctor, and then help me find a nose."

Blake Edwards, American Director

3

"I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle."

"I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Now, Rest, Right

3

"The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts."

"The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts."

Ken Burns, American Director

Genius, Country, Jazz

3

"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art."

"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art."

Neil LaBute, American Director

3

"Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up."

"Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Family, Father, Son, Man

3

"People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct."

"People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

Family, Funny, People, Instinct

3

"My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time."

"My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Business, Time, World

3

"I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are."

"I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Time, Tools, Tragedy

3

"Art depends on luck and talent."

"Art depends on luck and talent."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Art, Talent, Luck

3

"Fear has many faces."

"Fear has many faces."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

3

"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."

"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Action, Selling, Violence, Want

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