Film Ethics Quotes

I only believe in making movies with integrity.

I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!

I'll never kick dogs, I'll never hurt a child, I'll never slap a woman - three things I won't do on film.

I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.

Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

Just based on my own family and background, I would not be in a film that would exploit or sensationalize anyone.

Don't use your film for ugly purpose.

Obviously you have a responsibility - one would like to think there is such a thing as ethics in filmmaking.

I never maligned the sanctity of cinema in my career. I always selected themes and made films with the fervent hope that they will never demoralise viewers.

As a filmmaker, you have to stand in front of what you did and make choices that you could do with a clear conscience.

I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.

I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle.