If you want to make a movie, make it. Don’t wait for a grant, don’t wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.

Quentin Tarantino

Producer, Director, (image from trekmovie.com)

When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite.

Sergio Leone

Director, (image from projectnerd.it)

The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.

George Lucas

Producer, Director, (image from sfgate.com)

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.

Charlie Chaplin

Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, (image from ghionjournal.com)

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

Jean-Luc Goddard

Director, (image from indiewire.com)

Have your mind in the process, and not in the result.

Jim Uhls

Screenwriter, (image from twitter.com)

If you want to be creative, get out there and do it.  It’s not a waste of time.  Do it.

Michael Giaccino

Composer, (image from yahoo.com)