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716 filmmakers and 993 sourced quotes from Filmmaking Lifestyle’s curated library. Browse by quote collection — these labels reflect where a quote was filed (directing, acting, cinematography), not a verified job title for every person.
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Ken Loach
13 quotes · Directing
Alfred Hitchcock
11 quotes · Directing, Acting, Cinema
Steven Spielberg
10 quotes · Directing
David Fincher
8 quotes · Directing
Akira Kurosawa
7 quotes · Directing
Robert Bresson
7 quotes · Directing, Cinematography, Cinema
Orson Welles
6 quotes · Directing, Acting
Rachel Morrison
6 quotes · Directing, Cinematography
Reed Morano
6 quotes · Cinematography
Werner Herzog
6 quotes · Directing, Acting, Cinema
Christopher Nolan
5 quotes · Directing, Acting
George Lucas
5 quotes · Directing
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- A.D. Posey5 quotes
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- Adam Sandler2 quotes
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- Adrienne Posey5 quotes
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- Akira Kurosawa7 quotes
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- Alan Rickman2 quotes
- Alan Taylor2 quotes
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- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu4 quotes
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- Alex O'Loughlin1 quote
- Alfred Hitchcock11 quotes
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- Amanda Seales1 quote
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- Ava DuVernay2 quotes
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- Babu Antony1 quote
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- C.B. Murphy1 quote
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- Charlie Chaplin4 quotes
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- D.W. Griffith1 quote
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- David Fincher8 quotes
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- Dean Norris1 quote
- Deborah Sampson1 quote
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- Derek Jarman1 quote
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- Dhanush1 quote
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- Diane Lane2 quotes
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- Dominique Morisseau1 quote
- Don Roff2 quotes
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- Dorothy Fields1 quote
- Doug Liman2 quotes
- Drake1 quote
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- Ed Speleers1 quote
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- Emily Meade1 quote
- Emir Kusturica1 quote
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- Eugene O’Neill1 quote
- Eve Babitz1 quote
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- Gabriel Basso1 quote
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- Gautham Menon1 quote
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- Gene Wilder1 quote
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- George Hickenlooper2 quotes
- George Lucas5 quotes
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- Glenn Close1 quote
- Graham Moore1 quote
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- J. Michael Straczynski1 quote
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- Jen Alvares6 quotes
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- Jennifer Lee1 quote
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- Jiang Wen1 quote
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- John Candy2 quotes
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- John Yorke2 quotes
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- Jon Lewis1 quote
- Jonathan Heatt3 quotes
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- José Luis Garci3 quotes
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- K'naan1 quote
- Kabir Khan1 quote
- Kailin Gow1 quote
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar1 quote
- Kapil Sharma1 quote
- Kareena Kapoor Khan1 quote
- Karl Kristian Flores3 quotes
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- Kasi Lemmons1 quote
- Katherine Howe1 quote
- Kathryn Bigelow2 quotes
- Keala Settle1 quote
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- Kelli O’Hara1 quote
- Kelly Marcel & Sue Smith1 quote
- Kelly Reichardt1 quote
- Ken Auletta1 quote
- Ken Loach13 quotes
- Kensington Gore1 quote
- Kevin Bacon1 quote
- Kid Rock1 quote
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- Kishore Kumar1 quote
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- Krzysztof Kieślowski4 quotes
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- Langston Hughes1 quote
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- Leslie Odom Jr.1 quote
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- Leticia Alaniz1 quote
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- Lin-Manuel Miranda2 quotes
- Lisa Wilson1 quote
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- Luis Buñuel1 quote
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- Lulu Wang1 quote
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- Lynne Ramsay3 quotes
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- Mackenzie Davis1 quote
- Mads Mikkelsen3 quotes
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- Maria Tusar1 quote
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- Marielle Heller1 quote
- Marilyn Monroe1 quote
- Mario Lopez1 quote
- Mark Polish1 quote
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- Martha Graham1 quote
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- Martin Landau1 quote
- Martin Scorsese3 quotes
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- Mick LaSalle2 quotes
- Miguel de Cervantes1 quote
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- Mike Leigh1 quote
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- Monica Bellucci1 quote
- Monroe Mann1 quote
- Morgan Freeman3 quotes
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- N'Zuri Za Austin1 quote
- Nadine Labaki1 quote
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- Naga Chaitanya1 quote
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- Naseeruddin Shah1 quote
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui1 quote
- Nia Dacosta1 quote
- Nick Fraser1 quote
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- Nicolas Roeg3 quotes
- Nicole Russin-McFarland1 quote
- Noel Coward1 quote
- Norm Lewis1 quote
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- P.S. Arjun3 quotes
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- Paresh Rawal1 quote
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- Parvathy1 quote
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- Paulo Coelho1 quote
- Pearl Cleage1 quote
- Pearl Mackie1 quote
- Penny Marshall1 quote
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- Peter Greenaway2 quotes
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- R. J. Cutler2 quotes
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- Ram Gopal Varma1 quote
- RaMell Ross2 quotes
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- Reed Morano6 quotes
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- Richard Donner2 quotes
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- S. S. Rajamouli1 quote
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- Tabu1 quote
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- W. C. Fields1 quote
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