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    Martin Scorsese

    "Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could...

    Peter Bogdanovich

    "You see so many movies… the younger people who are coming from MTV or who are coming from commercials and there’s no sense of...

    William Friedkin

    "I never really got interested in film per se, until one afternoon when I saw Citizen Kane... It was a revelation to me, as...

    John Cassavetes

    "I don't direct a film, I set up an atmosphere, and the atmosphere directs the film."

    Danny Boyle

    "I think your first film is always your best. Always. It may not be your most successful or technically accomplished, but you never, ever...

    Luis Buñuel

    "What I want is for you not to like the film, to protest. I would be sorry if it pleased you."

    Spike Lee

    "A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there."

    James Ivory

    "I think you can study too much. I've seen that happen. Young people get immersed in the work of other directors and end up...

    François Truffaut

    "All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their...

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