12 Don’t Take My Word for It—Friends Chime In

“If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.”

—KATHRYN BIGELOW

 

“I always believe it’s better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.”

—TREVOR NUNN

 

“Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.”

—ROMAN POLANSKI

 

“All great achievements require time.”

—MAYA ANGELOU

Fast, Cheap, Good—Pick Two

Some of the best advice I ever heard is the rule of three: Fast, Cheap, Good. You can only have two. It’s true for shoes, car shopping, and dating. Here we see it applied to moviemaking. ...

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