#makers

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#gets #goes #rid #society #troublemakers

My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something different or experiment. Growing up with him, I was surrounded by different artists - not just actors or film-makers but cartoonists, poets, writers. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#also #artists #cartoonists #chances #choices

Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#been #box #box office #culture #even

Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. ↗

— Mark Boal

#after #alert #alien #always #around

Due to the political nature of film, partisan film making, especially where the subject is close to the film makers hart, tend to be the norm, rather than the exception. ↗

— Ben Edwards

#due #especially #exception #film #film making

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#field #grown-up #honest #makers #must

As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#audience #bring #constantly #deeper #filmmakers

Look, I'm going to take full advantage of this situation just because I love working with great filmmakers. But I've been around for a while, and I'm not going to play into the hype that I'm some great, you know, discovery. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#around #because #been #discovery #filmmakers

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#british #censorship #creative #creative expression #day

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#development #during #five #health #high-level