Edward Zwick Quotes

'Jurassic Park' was able to get away with big, dynamic filmmaking that might be out of place in another kind of story.

I always write these movies that are far too big for any paying customer to sit down and watch from beginning to end, and so I always have this big novel that I have to adapt into a movie as I go.

I can't imagine David Lean justifying why he went to the desert to shoot 'Lawrence of Arabia.'

Akira Kurosawa, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were the main inspirations for 'Samurai Jack,' along with a lot of '70s cinema.

Does anyone remember who shot Kubrick's movies? Do you remember who shot David Lean's movies? No one remembers who shot 'Dr. Strangelove' or 'Barry Lyndon.'

If you need to do a movie where you have an army of 10,000 soldiers, that's a very difficult thing to shoot for real. It's very expensive, but as computer graphics techniques make that cheaper, it'll be more possible to make pictures on an epic scale, which we haven't really seen since the '50s and '60s.

You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'

I'm inspired by film-makers such as Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Orson Welles.

When I have been told that my films remind people of Ozu, I have never been too convinced.

A filmmaker is in a very vulnerable position when their films are releasing.

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would want to watch it, let alone enjoy it.

I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'

Radiohead showed a real affinity to being bold with visual imagery, so it came as no surprise when Jonny Greenwood did 'There Will Be Blood.'

The crazy thing about independent filmmaking is that you're so judged on your first film. It almost needs to be one of those groundbreaking 'I've-never-seen-that-before'-type movies.

I make one film in three years, if I go wrong it will take me another three years to prove myself.

There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking.

I don't think 'Jurassic Park' could have been so much fun had Spielberg not made a 'Schindler's List.'

There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to make this film.

If people get inspired by 'Baahubali' as a film, and they realize they can make a big film or a historical film which has good drama and good visuals, if they realize there are good stories to tell here, then it is good.

I am inspired by the kind of films Raj Kumar Gupta and Imtiaz Ali make.

I love 'Lawrence of Arabia,' big sweeping films. I want my films to feel that way, to be on a big canvas.

When I was coming onto 'Thrones,' I was looking for, 'What's the formula here?' There was a very David Lean kind of approach to it. It was traditional, in a way, and it was naturalistic in some respects, even though it was fantasy.

I am becoming the 'war lord' actor, be it in 'Baahubali' or 'Ghazi' or 'Madai Thiranthu.' I am proud to be a part of these films.

I was influenced by people like David Fincher and William Friedkin, and these directors who kinda paint their films with these dark shades.

I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled over. It was one of the most beautiful films I'd ever seen. And it felt so personal.