Peter Hedges Quotes

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream.

'Amores Perros' and 'Once Were Warriors' had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me.

I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.

It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.

I'll be honest: 'Badlands' changed my life: it really did rewire my brain as to how film can operate.

When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films had a lot of things to say that weren't getting expressed in the films I was used to seeing.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

I have a few friends that have inspired me since I was a young kid. When I watch old films or modern movies - particularly 'Gladiator,' 'New Jack City' and 'The Skin I Live In' - I'll also get ideas.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

If I've seen the movie, it means it's an influence on my own filmmaking. Every movie has a reflection in 'Night Watch.'

Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.

Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.

If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.

At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any other art form in popular culture struggles to compete with.

Every movie changes you. The process of making a film changes you.

I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change.

I try and watch as many different films as I can because every film has something to offer.

Nothing changes in the world because of cinema.

I really want to make something that makes people think. I love that movie 'Tiny Furniture' that Lena Dunham made. I just love that movie, and I laugh at that movie a lot, but I also felt a lot too. I'm just inspired by people like that.

Movies have only fascinated me; they've cultivated me, made me the person I am today.

I still hope that more people can create art, even though artistic genres may never be the most popular or money-making genres. But the thing is, I think art is more long-lasting. It stays in people, and it changes them.

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.