Jacki Weaver Quotes

The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.

I really, really love directing films.

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant.

I would love to work with Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Omar Epps, Martin Scorsese, Josh Mond, Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, and David O. Russell, just to name a few. Those guys are absolutely brilliant at what they do.

Effectively, as a cinematographer, I am always on the lookout for a project that makes me want to go to the cinema.

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.

No matter how many helicopters there are, when it comes down to it there is the camera and you.

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.

My films are larger than life.

I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

Every filmmaker's just going to keep trying to make it the best you can make it: make it as potent and interesting and entertaining and exciting and tough and sexy as you can.

Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time.

Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this.

I don't think you can figure this stuff out. If you could figure all this stuff out, then all the great filmmakers would come out of Yale and Harvard. It's not an intellectual process.

Craftsmanship and logic is key to any movie-making.

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.

I think Anand Rai is one of the few brilliant directors we have.

I think now I'm just excited to continue directing and find stories that inspire me and bring those to the screen.

Genndy [Tartakovsky] is so good at directing and so wonderful with animation.

Real talent is mixing realism with bluff. Every great artist I really respect has a certain amount of bluff; sooner or later you have to be a conjurer, and conjure images.

I love Spike Jonze. He's brilliant.

I started out with V Shantaram. But my favourite director has been Gulzar, with whom I did intelligent cinema in movies like 'Khushboo,' 'Kinara' and 'Parichay.'

I am very much open to doing cinematography for any talented filmmaker, if the script is good.

I am a fearless filmmaker.

A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.