448 Quotes About Films

Everyone on the set had been working on films for 20-plus years. I was enraptured.

The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan.

I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience.

I often make films about subjects I don't really know much about. Maybe it's laziness, but I don't go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I'm making the film.

I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.

Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.

We don't have any formal motto this year. We have many films that show a tough world the way it really is.

I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone you never got to hear speak in films would never not speak in real life.

To be honest, my friends weren't really as into making films as I was. But I convinced them all to make some zombie films with me.