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"I use colors to bring fine points of story and character."

"I use colors to bring fine points of story and character."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Character, Colors

28

"I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light."

"I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Destiny, Light, Name, Skill

28

"The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same."

"The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Film, Echo, Intention

28

"I like high impact movies."

"I like high impact movies."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

28

"We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage."

"We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage."

Arthur Hiller, Canadian Director

28

"People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."

"People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Life, People, Leisure, Objectives

27

"Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?"

"Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?"

Jean Renoir, French Director

Act, Betrayal, Succeed

27

"Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way."

"Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way."

David Lynch, American Director

27

"Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was."

"Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

God, Idea, Flying

27

"I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice."

"I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

27

"The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."

"The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."

Lee Strasberg, American Director

26

"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."

"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

26

"It's a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody's arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere."

"It's a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody's arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Blood, Cinema, Water

26

"People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning."

"People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

People, Beginning, End

26

"A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something."

"A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something."

Frank Capra, American Director

Creativity, Trying

26

"Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice."

"Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Music, Hardship, Injustice, Misery

26

"Nah, I've done sex scenes before, you know, like in video."

"Nah, I've done sex scenes before, you know, like in video."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

26

"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."

"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Film, Confession, Tomorrow

26

"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."

"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

26

"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."

"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."

Roman Polanski, French Director

Cinema, Forget, Theater

26

"It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites."

"It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites."

Mark Rydell, American Director

Comparison, Opposites

26

"If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office."

"If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office."

George Lucas, American Director

26

"The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to."

"The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to."

David Lynch, American Director

26

"I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world."

"I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

26

"I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly."

"I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Friendship, People, Entertainment, Friends, Games

26

"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."

"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Cinema, Economy

26

"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work."

"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

26

"Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello."

"Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello."

Ed Wood, American Director

26

"I dream for a living."

"I dream for a living."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

26

"You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts."

"You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts."

Julie Taymor, American Director

Time, School, Study

25

"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

25

"We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean."

"We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

25

"The only things you regret are the things you don't do."

"The only things you regret are the things you don't do."

Michael Curtiz, Hungarian Director

25

"New Zealand is not a small country but a large village."

"New Zealand is not a small country but a large village."

Peter Jackson, New Zealander Director

Nation, Country, Newzealander

25

"I do enjoy working with writers."

"I do enjoy working with writers."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Collaboration, Writers

25

"You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost."

"You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Creativity, Ideas, Will

25

"I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand."

"I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

War, Control, Losing, Police

25

"A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia."

"A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

Nation, Country

24

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Life, Reflection

24

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

"The only safe thing is to take a chance."

Mike Nichols, German Director

24

"I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema."

"I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Time, Cinema, Spain

24

"I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal."

"I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal."

John Waters, American Director

Humor, America, Columbus, Day, Hate

24

"What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions."

"What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Film, American, Fact

24

"We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd."

"We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd."

Bill Condon, American Director

24

"Is the cinema more important than life?"

"Is the cinema more important than life?"

Francois Truffaut, French Director

24

"Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work."

"Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

Work, Fear, Actors, Fool

24

"As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors."

"As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Decision-Making, Decisions, Production, Project

24

"Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?"

"Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?"

Ridley Scott, British Director

24

"So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country."

"So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Family, Father, Country

24

"My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker."

"My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker."

Woody Allen, American Director

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