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"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

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"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."

"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

19

"I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it."

"I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

19

"When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material."

"When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Heart, Darkness, Now

19

"I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I didn't know would never get financing."

"I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I didn't know would never get financing."

Richard Linklater, American Director

19

"Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it."

"Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Movies, People, World

19

"I'm thinking of remaking Psycho again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a Punk rocker setting."

"I'm thinking of remaking Psycho again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a Punk rocker setting."

Gus Van Sant, American Director

Change, Time, Idea, Punk

19

"I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time."

"I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time."

Bille August, Danish Director

Life, Time, Months

19

"Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality."

"Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality."

George Lucas, American Director

Innovation, Quest, Reality

19

"And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge."

"And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge."

Richard King, American Director

Challenge, Fact, Will

19

"The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing."

"The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing."

David O. Russell, American Director

People, Character, Now, Wrong

19

"I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences."

"I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Audience, Audiences, Want

19

"I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days."

"I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

Money, Financial, Rest, Support

19

"Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant directors to the first assistant director, who will choose because he or she is responsible for the conduct and the efficiency of the second assistant directors."

"Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant directors to the first assistant director, who will choose because he or she is responsible for the conduct and the efficiency of the second assistant directors."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Choice, Efficiency, First, Will

18

"I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs."

"I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

18

"Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another."

"Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another."

Walter Lang, American Director

18

"There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul."

"There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

Soul, People, Killing, Man

18

"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

18

"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

18

"In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings."

"In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings."

Ernst Lubitsch, German Director

Hollywood, Order

18

"I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty."

"I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty."

John Waters, American Director

18

"This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level."

"This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level."

Richard King, American Director

Horror, Interest

18

"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."

"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

18

"That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous."

"That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Family, Dad, Advice, Film, Irony

18

"The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'"

"The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'"

Morgan Spurlock, American Director

Food, Idea, Giving, Kids

18

"A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion."

"A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion."

Karel Reisz, Czechoslovakian Director

Expression, Fancy, Opinion, Style

18

"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."

"Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

18

"In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement."

"In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Legal, People, Rights, Old

18

"I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago."

"I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago."

Walter Hill, American Director

Time, Talk, Years

18

"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

18

"I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it."

"I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

18

"Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs."

"Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs."

Nick Park, British Director

Pets, Name, Right

18

"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

18

"Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why."

"Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Woman, Women, Problems, Reason, Talk

18

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

"I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry."

John Milius, American Director

18

"It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form."

"It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Art, Entertainment

18

"Men make clothes for the women they'd like to be with or in most cases the women they'd like to be."

"Men make clothes for the women they'd like to be with or in most cases the women they'd like to be."

Robert Altman, American Director

Man, Men, Women, Clothes

18

"The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in."

"The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Age, Criticism, Culture, Film

18

"So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good."

"So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

God, Being, First, France

18

"If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad."

"If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad."

James Cameron, American Director

Time, Film, Right

18

"All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me."

"All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Atmosphere, Moments, Tension

18

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."

John Huston, American Director

Film, Day, Loneliness, World

18

"Self-plagiarism is style."

"Self-plagiarism is style."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

18

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Work, Emotion, Value

18

"I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image."

"I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image."

Leni Riefenstahl, German Director

18

"I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we needed. We had to get some money from television. So we said, ok, let's do it both ways. So we did it in four parts."

"I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we needed. We had to get some money from television. So we said, ok, let's do it both ways. So we did it in four parts."

Bille August, Danish Director

Finance, Money, Film, Television

18

"Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it's like, you know, a kid in a candy store!"

"Making movies is eating candy. It's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it's like, you know, a kid in a candy store!"

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

Movies, Eating, Value

18

"People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip."

"People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip."

Richard Donner, American Director

18

"The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire."

"The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Trust, Belief, First, Journey, Satire

18

"I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos."

"I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos."

Richard King, American Director

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