I don't think I have a definitive film. Such a thing is not possible for me.

I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible.

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

In Toronto, the film festival is like a carnival… entire families come to it.

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

If you watch a film without music, there's nothing that you can connect with.

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.

It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film.

Making a film is to make sure that everybody looks forward to coming to work.

I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention.

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

Nothing regarding man is ever inhuman. That's why I make films, not iceboxes.

As much as I like watching horror films, I never thought I would act in them.

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

I got paid 20 grand for my first film. And that's the lowest I ever got paid.

I hope my films will never completely be without the ability to mark anybody.

Music and film are parallel experiences: they are linear, they are narrative.

I'm always very interested in going and discovering a young director's films.

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite.

I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic'.

Purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.

Obviously, you never shoot the scenes of a film in order or only very rarely.

I don't want to create a revolution - I just want to create a few more films.

Seattle was a rabid film town in the '70s and '80s because it rained so much.

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not.

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences.

I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

By its very nature, film is supposed to be an accessible medium to everybody.

I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films.

I've shot films in Africa. I've shot in America - English is not my language.

In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like.

When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else.

The sixth Harry Potter film - I don't like my performance in that film at all.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.

I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

My inspiration can come from anything - films, the street, paparazzi pictures.

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