(61 quotes found)
“I knew playwrights and stage directors before I ever knew filmmakers,”
Mark Ruffalo
“What's interesting this year is we have filmmakers who are straddling two continents. You've got filmmakers really crossing borders and going back in recent history; it's a much broader awareness of the world at large.”
Laura Thielen
“More than just being the voice of a generation, Marvin Gaye proved to be its very heartbeat. As a filmmaker, I was drawn to tell the story of a human being who was never fully realized, one with faults and foibles and an uncommon grace expressed every time he picked up the microphone.”
Lauren Goodman
“We both write the script and then Brent directs it and I produce it... We just consider ourselves two filmmakers. Brent and I want to make movies together. Brent directs them, and I produce them, and we both write. That's just our thing. That's what we deliver.”
Matthew Peterman
“When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.”
Bill Paxton
“There was no festival in the area in March. So we went for it. I just want to give filmmakers a new platform and they (PBIFF) want to kill us our first time out. They actually offered to merge and promised me a seat on their board. What does that get me?”
Michael Posner
“I decided to take part in this documentary because the filmmakers convinced me that it was the best way to get the word out to as large an audience as possible, and to convince more people to look at the truth of our circumstances.”
Al Gore
“As a result, the campaign takes a long-term view on working with filmmakers and understands that we may not see concrete results for several years.”
Barry McCaffrey
“I can't wait to speak with the filmmaker when he comes,”
Amber Benson
“An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.”
Alejandro Amenabar