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Filmmaking Process Quotes

Filmmaking process quotes pull back the curtain on how movies actually get made - from editing decisions actors rarely see to the many people whose work shapes a finished film. These sayings offer real behind-the-scenes perspective.

These filmmaking process quotes reveal what goes on behind the camera, connecting to themes in Editing. Several speakers reflect on parts of the process they experienced only indirectly as actors.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Process
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Nov 07, 2020

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

Quotes by William Goldman

Editing
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Nov 07, 2020

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

Quotes by Vera Farmiga

Nov 07, 2020

What's important in the filmmaking process has stayed the same. Keep it small, keep it personal, keep it authentic, work with people you like and trust. That process is much longer than the filmmaking process. The development process is a long one, so try and say something of importance.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

Process
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Nov 07, 2020

The filmmaking process is a team effort. A screenwriter cannot possibly do exactly what he wants as if he was writing a novel.

Quotes by Leigh Brackett

Magic
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Nov 07, 2020

All I know is movies; I went to school, but movies are my reference point for everything. I figured I'd have to P.A. or intern in the art department. Because the filmmaking process is so many people creating to make one piece of magic, so I've always wanted to be involved. With the acting, I doubted it.

Quotes by Jordan Ladd

Nature
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Nov 07, 2020

The key for me with 'Star Wars' is to stay in their world. Don't get in the way of what is already known and what works. I think of the basic nature of the filmmaking process that worked so well for the original trilogy. No stylistic flights of fancy for the sake of showing off. Tell the story, get the shot, get the performances, and move on.

Quotes by John Cassaday

Gauntlet
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Nov 07, 2020

My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.

Quotes by Jeff Nichols

Fear
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Nov 07, 2020

The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff.

Quotes by David Cronenberg

From stars' true value to the many hands involved in production, this collection covers the full filmmaking journey. See Art and Actress for related reflection.

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