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The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.

The first thing I wanted to do, as a boy, was to be a skier, because I had seen film footage of somebody skiing.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.

The future of American film lies on television.

The gaslight of the film [The Girl On The Train] became something that really needed to be dramatized more than the book did, because it wasn't going to read as strongly on screen.

The good thing about a film, or at least the films I've been a part of, is, no matter what happens in the end, you do the premiere and everyone's excited. You don't remember the rough times.

The good thing about the studio is that, when the movie comes out, they will put their marketing and their money behind it, which isn't necessarily true with indie movies, just by the nature of it being an independent film.

The great appeal of film is its relatability.

The greatest all-around American film actor is James Stewart.

The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society.

The greatest drawback in making pictures is the fact that film makers have to eat.

The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself.

The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.

The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.

The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.

The great thing about television is that you get to tell, like with "The Walking Dead", 16 hours worth of character-driven storytelling in less time than it takes to make a feature film. So, it really is a medium at least for storytellers who are passionate about not only the genre but also the character-driven genre stories. It's probably a better medium.

The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.

The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.

The hardest stories we tell are always about ourselves. How do you explain that you have been missing your mother for 20 years? I don't know how to explain that to you. I wasn't even sure I wanted to film that, because I don't know how I felt about it. I didn't want to put her through it, and I frankly wasn't ready. Because since I was 16, I just had created my own life for myself, you know? I left when I was 12. I'm 32. And I have gotten to know my mother more through editing her and looking and watching and editing her footage, you know.

The human body is supposed to be 70 percent water. I consider myself 70 percent film

The key relationship for writers in film is producers, because those are the first two people involved and the ones who work on it intensely in a private way without the big machinery of film.

The Ides of March was a fairly cynical film.

The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don't like to use the word "improvise," but it's a continual writing of the film.

The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater, and is closer to music. It’s abstract but still narrative. Everything feels less rehearsed. It’s more experimental than classical.

The idea is to do out-of-the-box films that showcase my versatility and talent.

The idea of directing a film is a strange one for me. I feel anti-mathematical, in a way, in that sense. I don't like when things make sense. I prefer if they don't.

The Immaculate Reception became the Zapruder Film of sports.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

The Lego Movie: Merely a great film, or the greatest film ever in the history of cinema?

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on.

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better (than shooting in Tibet).

The magic of documentary is that I keep being surprised and amazed by the things I film.

The main thing for me is just the length of time it takes to make a movie. It's at least a year of just talking about it, talking about it with yourself or your director or your other castmates or the press, so you just want to make sure it's a film that although you initially feel this pull or this drive to it, you don't really have the answers to why you're drawn to it. But it's more about not knowing the answers to certain questions but wanting to go on the journey of discovery to find the answers.

The main jokes in this film are about big things, love and life and zombies - we all get that.

The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies.

The main problem is that the Hollywood system has already made the film before the director shoots a single frame.

The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

The more times people laugh, the better the film is.

The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.

The more we can be honest about ourselves as filmmakers, than the more we can be honest with people who see the films.

The message of [Fahernheit 9/11] is very weak and propagandistic ... We were used to such messages in the communist days. Everybody has open eyes and can understand that this is propaganda. It was a weak film that tells us nothing new.

The more that I see the sexism and misogyny that's coming at me from every direction, the less I think my films have anything to do with sexploitation.