Arnaud Desplechin

“Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare...”

G.B. Jones

Jia Zhangke

“I believe that it doesn't really matter how large an audience my film gets; as long as my films can be shown in China, and there can be any kind of real market for them here, that would be hugely significant for me personally.”

Léos Carax

“I perceive 'Pierre' (Pola X) in the same way that I perceive my own life: I understand both 'poorly' but I’m obliged to explore them. That’s what a project is: a heavy question mark. You’re the dot under that mark and you mustn’t let it crush you.”

Kim Ki-young

“I just make films by following my heart, so the analysis I leave to all of you.”

Tinto Brass

“A face can be painted over with make-up, conceal its age or impurities; a mouth can spew cruel lies. A butt is definitely more honest than that.”

Matthias Glasner

Chris Cunningham

“All I ever do is talk about films and then not make them. As a result I thought: just shut up about it—make a film then talk about it when it's done.”

Aleksandr Sokurov

“The surface of the screen and that of the canvas are one and the same.”

Sion Sono

Frank Ripploh

Jacques Nolot

Sook-Yin Lee

Craig Zobel

“In any movie you see about a scam artist, there's something sexy and cool about being a scam artist and it just never fully lets you empathize with the person on the other side of it, and I wanted the movie to be about those people. They're the heart and soul of the movie.”

Dennis Hopper

“Like all artists I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation.”

Ulrich Seidl

“If I manage to make people laugh with my films and their laughter gets stuck in their throat in the next moment, if I succeed in doing that, then that makes me happy.”

Nicholas Ray

“You like these films, but you can't imagine how often they represent only fifty percent of what I wanted to do. You have no idea how I had to fight to achieve even that fifty percent.”

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

“The truth is always less interesting than the fiction.”

Luc Dardenne

“Of course, we always hope our films will speak to people, disturb them, but we never hoped to change the world”

Sarah Polley

“Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.”