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Filmmaker Inspirational Quotes (3145)

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... all of my life I've made things that are like fragmented mirrors of what I perceive to be the world. As far as I'm concerned the fact that in 1990 the human body is still a taboo subject is unbelievably ridiculous. What exactly is frightening about the human body?
David Wojnarowicz
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Progress is slow, it is uneven, it is fragile and in some parts of the world it is being erased.
Angelina Jolie
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I think China is set up to surpass the US on the even more critical industry of green power.
Chris Paine
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If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.
Rene Magritte
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We need the political will, and that often comes from the will of the people. So if celebrities or personalities can help to educate the people - not influence them, not tell them (what to do) - just tell them the truth about what's happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strengthen them and they will push their politicians.
Angelina Jolie
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I think nowadays people are so used taking the camera to the family picnic - so people are less surprised by films made of them, like home movies.
D. A. Pennebaker
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I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.
David LaChapelle
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I need to see the original paintings just as little as I have to read the original manuscripts of books.
Rene Magritte
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Mine's [fans] a lot of like weird guys in prison. So I don't need to answer them.
Lena Dunham
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By 1988, I was living in New York myself.
Ira Sachs
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I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.
Patti Davis
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Use video to train assistants you'll be surprised how quickly they learn.
Andrew Mayne
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With mania, is it dangerous to ride that euphoric feeling. You feel very animated and creative I would fill journals with drawings. It feels good and you want it to last, but it can lead to being delusional. The delusions can be as real as you thinking you can fly.
David LaChapelle
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So much history can be lost if no one tells the story -- so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change.
Alanis Obomsawin
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I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately why I got into making movies, is because I love to play.
Marc Forster
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I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better.
Terry Zwigoff
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I just started reading lots of books and then called the United Nations and asked if they could educate me. The more I got involved, the more I suddenly began to feel useful as a human being and felt like I was finally living as I should be.
Angelina Jolie
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That's a really common trap that people in small scenes will start to rely on. They'll have all this material joking about that place, and then take a trip to Atlanta or whatever, and be like, Half my act is gone because I can't talk about how everybody has a bicycle.
Amy Miller
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It's not always important to do a show, but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes.
Hussein Chalayan
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I've told Billy [Bob Thornton] if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.
Angelina Jolie
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Most nights, someone ends up in our bed. The kids do knock before entering. We've at least got that part down because mommy and daddy need some space.
Angelina Jolie
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I don't believe in depression. There's no such thing. It's an invention. It's bullshit, it's a cop out.
John Waters
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The big change that's happened for me in terms of my own life and how outsidership is reflected in my work is that I used to feel extraordinarily isolated in my life as I was trying to figure out who I was and how to have intimate relationships. And so my central characters also were isolated and usually in quite a bit of pain.
Ira Sachs
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If you don’t think about it, it’s right.
Andy Warhol
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