“Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That’s how to make an independent film.” -Edward Burns Advertisements
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.” -Alfred Hitchcock
“The less you see, the more you believe. You must never try to impose your views on the viewer, but rather you must try to let it seep in, little by little.” -Jacques Tourneur
“I would travel down to hell and wrestle a film away from the devil is it was necessary.” -Werner Herzog
“Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can’t help but bless them for a good future. Because I can’t tell that child, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have come into this life.’ … Continue reading
“It’s all exploitation. I mean, it is if you’re honest about it. You pick up a camera and point it at someone, you are exploiting them. I don’t care who you are. The issue to me is what is the … Continue reading
“The camera is the director’s sketching pencil. It should be as mobile as possible to catch every fleeting mood. It must whirl and peep and move from place to place as swiftly as thought itself.” -F.W. Murnau
“The cinema is the greatest means of expression ever invented. But it is an illusion more powerful than any other and it should therefore be in the hands of the magicians and wizards who can bring it to life.” -King … Continue reading
“If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.” -Kathryn Bigelow
