David MacKenzie Quotes

I'm making and marketing my films, by any means necessary, and enjoying life while I do so.

I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.

In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.

New York is fantastic, and I've done several films in Los Angeles which I really enjoyed, but I don't think that America is the be-all and end-all. I'll follow the good work wherever it may be.

It's all about having fun and shooting something that you like. Where it goes afterwards is up to the movie gods.

For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.

I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.

I would always direct my own stuff in Mexico.

If I've got a script, you think I'll go to Hollywood to get money? I was bored with the people around me, so I just created my own movie, my own character. I'm the story of my own movie, and you know what? My movie is going to be better.

We can go years without making a picture, and that's fine.

There is no guaranteed formula. And that's one of the interesting things about filmmaking. You could put $115 million in, and it doesn't guarantee success.

The biggest challenge Malayalam cinema faces is territorial. We operate within a small territory in Kerala, and the Malayalam diaspora across the world in comparative terms is quite small. But we have world-class talent in terms of technicians, actors, and writers.

Somebody has to make good artistic films. Somebody has to break open the doors so that others also will follow and make good and meaningful films.

Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.

All films are born free and equal.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.

When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual thing to do in the early 50s for someone who actually go and make a film. People thought it was impossible. It really is terribly easy. All anybody needs is a camera, a tape recorder, and some imagination.

Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country.

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. But that's part of the pleasure of doing it, pushing yourself in new directions.

When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.

My songs are like kids. I love them all. I encourage them to grow, to reach their full potential, and then send them out into the world.

Woody Allen is kind of the one example I don't have. Because the way he works and the amount of shooting time that I did on that film, I didn't really get to know him, so he kind of stays as "Woody Allen" to me.

I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.

I think for some people real success would mean having all the money in the world and having everyone love you every minute of the day. I don’t know if that’s really my aspiration. I just want to keep doing this. I just want to keep finding new ways and new paths and new territory. Every time I get to do it, it feels like freedom.