filmmaking

Without art, a film is pure wastage of time and resources.

Film gives us a second chance at a first impression.

That which is cool is driven by the soul.

Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love.

If you don't lose first you are not entitled to win.

Filmmaking is not the work of the weak-minded. It may not be rocket science, but it requires ten times more strength of the mind than that.

Success involves failing first. Ask any successful person. Ask any experienced person, really. It's all part of the creative process, so sit back and allow the artist within you to sprout, blossom and flourish. You must accept that your first, second, and third attempt at something might suck. It's a necessary step in improving your skill. Failure is your teacher, not your judge.

My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.

I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to really do that is to take on as many roles as possible, whether it be as an actor, an editor, a director, a cinematographer.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

Tarantino's movies are smartly intoxicating cocktails of rampage and meditation; they're in-your-face, with a mac-10 machine pistol and a quote from the Old Testament. They blend U.S. and European styles of filmmaking; they bring novelistic devices to the movie mall.

Everyone loves the seventies because that's when movies were character-based, and you saw great characters and you saw very interesting filmmaking. There are interesting movies being made now, but it's harder and harder to make them.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.

In documentary filmmaking, there's a tradition of telling stories about victims. We often do that from a very patronizing place, but mostly we do it from a very selfish place, to reassure ourselves that our lives are in sympathy and solidarity with the victims.

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

It's amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.