Intuitive Filmmaking Quotes

When I am making a film, it's very instinctive, it's not preset.

Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.

Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don't believe in it. I like ups and downs. They're the best way to translate my feelings to the screen.

Directing action scenes is really just pure visual storytelling that just makes sense to me pretty intuitively.

I'm not necessarily scanning for clues when I make documentaries.

I've never had a method of working. I change according to circumstances; I don't employ any particular technique or style. I make films instinctively, more with my belly than with my brain.

I like figuring out where I need to be mentally so that I'm not thinking about the camera and that it's second nature. I want to get to a place where I can exist within the confines of what you can do with filmmaking and not have to think about it.

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the square, intellectual work, you can't keep that up for 40 takes. It breaks down, and new things start popping up. This, for me, is the most exciting thing about film-making.

I try to always be open to what the actors want to try. I don't storyboard and try to be intuitive and open on the day of filming.

We have more than enough deodorised, over-the-top, sentimental cinema. Let's try to bring a little human intelligence into things. It can be very rewarding.

I often make films about subjects I don't really know much about. Maybe it's laziness, but I don't go in there having done a tonne of research; the research happens while I'm making the film.

The way I go about making a movie... even the ones that are interview-driven, I go into them not knowing what's going to happen, and feeling my way through.