Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

- Francis Ford Coppola

It's our responsibility as filmmakers to tell a story that's a human drama.

- Michelle Yeoh

I've often thought even ragtag gatherings of documentary filmmakers are more fun than gatherings of fiction filmmakers.

- Marshall Curry

We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.

- Mads Mikkelsen

Good filmmakers make bad films; it happens.

- Lenny Abrahamson

You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too.

- Lena Dunham

Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me.

- Jacques Rivette

Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers.

- John McTiernan

We know as filmmakers where you draw the line.

- Jerry Bruckheimer

I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool.

- Hailee Steinfeld

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

- Aaron Paul

I only want to work with interesting filmmakers.

- Douglas Booth

People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps.

- Bill Plympton

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

- Bradley Cooper

There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.

- Benicio Del Toro

I think all the filmmakers in Hong Kong are influenced by John Woo.

- Alan Mak

I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

- Anil Kapoor

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

- Alex Winter

I would tell filmmakers: 'Don't just be seduced by the same old, same old. There are interesting things you can explore that may get your film out there to audiences better than the traditional distribution mechanisms.'

- Alex Gibney

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really different art forms.

- Ayelet Waldman