Michael Moore Quotes

You make a movie, and if somebody reads something into it, then great, more power to him.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

You don't want to make a movie just to make a movie. You better have a point of view.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

I don't make political work. I don't make work that criticises the state. I make as human work as I can.

At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.

I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really driven by stories. So there are stories I want to tell, and if it's a good story then I want to do it, whatever genre it is.

I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.

I think films are bigger than structure.

The films I want to make, I really want to be passionate about.

I don't want to make movies for kids, and I don't want to make movies for adults either.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.

The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.

I'm an actor first and foremost. My producing credentials are just to say, 'Yeah, I love this story and now let's bring the people, the ensemble together,' and I get out of the way. I have no desire to check on schedules and shooting schedules and money and stuff like that.

I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.

There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.