The Art of Acting and Filmmaking
Actors' quotes about acting and filmmaking
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This section focuses on the best acting quotes and filmmaking quotes. Each movie star has a different idea of acting and a unique method, just like every director has different ideas on how to make a great movie. Quotes about filmmaking and acting are the core of this section, in which celebrities will welcome you into their world.
“The hardest thing in the world about making a movie is to satisfactorily end it.”
“I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.”
“When I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.”
“Movies are human drama.”
“I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director.”
“It's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.”
“The biggest challenge is to make it real, not to make it saccharine.”
“Film-making has become a kind of hysterical pregnancy.”
“One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.”
“You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.”
“I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it.”
“Preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work.”
“I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust.”
“My favorite part of filmmaking is the actors.”
“I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.”
“In a way, my film is a how-to about becoming an arms dealer.”
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