138 Quotes About Filmmaking

The biggest difference between writing a movie and writing a novel? No one ever tries to sleep with me to get into one of my novels.

Hollywood’s motives in marketing sex may have been cynical—Hollywood’s motives always are. But in providing audiences with sophisticated fare, it was also responding to real cultural changes that had happened within American society. Hollywood was a few years behind the trend, of course, but that’s nothing new. Don’t forget, this is the same industry that for seventy years has made wonderful, passionate, stirring anti-war movies six or seven years after every war, never during one.

Great video comes from thinking humans, not equipment.

Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.

When I looked at life through the camera, I felt like I could finally see it.

Film is that much powerful to show any negative fact through a very positive way.

Kalau begitu, kau tidak boleh menyerah. Jangan berhenti mengejar impianmu atau kau akan menyesal, Rayyi..... Kita tidak hidup selamanya, Rayyi. Karena itu, jangan buang-buang waktu untuk sesuatu yang tidak kita inginkan.

Meanwhile, back at reality..."- G.Lucas

I want you to know how deeply I wish to translate those ideas into images, just to quiet down the turmoil of my brain. (in a letter to Ingrid Bergman)