Rob Cohen Quotes

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

I always try to approach a film from the point of view of the director.

I don't approach films purely in context of genre.

I'm very attracted to directors who want to experiment. The thing that attracts me the most are people who are trying find a language that is correct for their film, for that specific film.

I have my own ideas when it comes to making cinema. My films should be of my liking and suit my convictions.

You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

With a film, you try to keep your vision in it. I think with 'The American' and 'Control' I managed to do that.

Show me a Scorsese film, and I'll show you a movie where he's taken risks. It's just his nature. He's an artist, and artists take risks. He always does what he believes in.

I don't make films to reproduce reality.

The reason I took on directing a film myself was because, no matter how skilful a director was or how much I liked the film, there'd always be beats where I'd go, 'Oh... well, that's skilful, in a way, but it doesn't get the flavour I'd intended in the script.'

I just want to go on making movies, and some of them will be completely meaningless, except, of course, to me.

The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you'll have, is to find your point of view.

I have always believed that when a film is being made, it has to be the director's vision.

This is my real concern: to give each film a unique individuality.

I started making films purely based on what I would like to see.

The kind of work I do and the films I believe in, I had to take charge of making that kind of cinema.

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

I never control a film. The film controls me.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

You become the movie you are making.

The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.

I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but in fact, this is what I like to do. It's sort of like my handwriting as a movie director. And somewhere along the way, I think I've made the decision: I'm going to write in my own handwriting.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.