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"But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place."

"But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Film, First, Right

47

"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

47

"For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it."

"For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Movies, Culture, Politicians, Years

47

"I like high impact movies."

"I like high impact movies."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

47

"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

47

"If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart."

"If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

47

"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

46

"I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy."

"I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

Love, Work, Energy, Film

46

"Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore."

"Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore."

Val Guest, British Director

Actor, Actors, Fun

46

"I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of."

"I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

46

"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

46

"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

46

"If you want to send a message, try Western Union."

"If you want to send a message, try Western Union."

Frank Capra, American Director

46

"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."

"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Life, Film, Intentions

46

"We agree that man was not created to survive in space."

"We agree that man was not created to survive in space."

Walter Lang, American Director

46

"I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream."

"I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Personal, Coffee

46

"Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats."

"Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats."

Woody Allen, American Director

Relationship, Conflict, Life, Awareness, Humor

46

"I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead."

"I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

46

"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

Derek Jarman, British Director

46

"There's a saying among prospectors: 'Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.'"

"There's a saying among prospectors: 'Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find.'"

Robert J. Flaherty, American Director

46

"I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it."

"I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

46

"We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food."

"We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Food, Music, Being

45

"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

45

"My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them."

"My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

45

"If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it."

"If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Comfort, Ecstasy, State

45

"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

45

"We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do."

"We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Cultural, American, Hollywood

45

"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

45

"The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter."

"The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter."

John Grierson, British Director

Humanity, Corporate, Fact, May, Sensibility

45

"While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope."

"While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope."

Sam Wood, American Director

Building, Road, Support, Will

45

"Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?"

"Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?"

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

45

"More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all."

"More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

45

"Fast cars are my only vice."

"Fast cars are my only vice."

Michael Bay, American Director

45

"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

45

"On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from."

"On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

45

"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."

"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Marriage, Unconscious

45

"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."

"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Animation, Key, Mind

45

"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."

"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."

Robert Altman, American Director

Humor, People, Values, Chance

45

"I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles."

"I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Boys, Film, May

45

"I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s."

"I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

45

"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out."

"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

45

"I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie."

"I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

Love, Kiss, Film, Woman

44

"I support all Australian films."

"I support all Australian films."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

44

"You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."

"You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."

George Lucas, American Director

Persistence, Right

44

"Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos."

"Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

44

"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

44

"I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France."

"I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Relaxation, France, Living, Space

44

"Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors."

"Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Actor, Actors, Girls

44

"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."

"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Flattery, Worship

44

"There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them."

"There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

Fear, Ideas, Choices, Meaning

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