99 Quotes by Jonathan Demme

I adore film, and I adore music.

I often find myself feeling that filming music is somehow the purest form of filmmaking. This crazed collision of sound and images, the intense collaboration, these incredibly cinematic performances. And for the nights you're filming, a non-player like me gets to feel somehow part of the band.

I had had no aspirations to be a filmmaker or a writer.

I've always followed my enthusiasm. Whether the pictures have turned out good or not is one thing - but I've always had a lot of enthusiasm for the project at hand.

The excitement of wading into 'reality' and just finding out what happens - and then the challenge of selecting those things that happened and shaping them in the editing into a narrative that will have appeal and be engaging - is a great, great thrill.

When I saw Justin in 'The Social Network', I became deeply obsessed with the desire to work with him and reached out to Justin. When we met, we talked about a couple of things I was working on that did not come to fruition, but it gave us a meeting.

I like seeing the cameras because it helps visualize how the music people and the movie people teamed up.

There's that rule: Don't show any of the other cameras. Why? Do you think the viewer doesn't think we filmed this?

The occupied territories and the movement of settlements - moving people today off of their property and claiming it - is illegal.