Filmmaker Quotes

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

– Jodie Foster

I’m a journalist, and I’m a filmmaker. I have an organization that’s all about telling stories.

– Jose Antonio Vargas

I’d made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

– Bill Forsyth

If I hadn’t turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician.

– Bahman Ghobadi

I wanted already to be a filmmaker after I saw ‘La Dolce Vita.’

– Bernardo Bertolucci

I really think of myself just as a filmmaker.

– Asghar Farhadi

Ultimately, I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer.

– Nina Jacobson

Xavier Gens is probably the busiest filmmaker that I know.

– Michael Eklund

‘Looper’ was a wonderful script. Rian Johnson is the real deal and a really talented filmmaker.

– Paul Dano

The truth of the matter is, I’m a filmmaker.

– Kevin Connolly

For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well.

– Michael Moore

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

– John Curran

For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I’m really excited about.

– Laura Ziskin

The filmmaker’s got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

– Rachel Griffiths

You can’t second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

– Ralph Bakshi

I’m a filmmaker, not a scientist.

– Roland Emmerich

You can mix in certain sensitivities as a filmmaker.

– Peter Weir

I’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.

– Quentin Tarantino

I’m only a stupid filmmaker.

– Roland Emmerich

I’m a commercial filmmaker.

– Stephen Bannon

The thing is, I’m a very practical filmmaker.

– Stanley Tucci

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

– Spike Lee

A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.

– Walter Salles