Bold Filmmaking Quotes

It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'

'Birdman' is a very risky movie. I knew I wanted to do it just from watching Alejandro's other work. I told a friend, 'I would have done it based on 'Amores Perros' alone.'

I don't want to just make the safe, easy commercial films.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

I like dangerous directors who like dangerous actors and dangerous productions.

To be honest, I make very controversial films. The films that I've made have been very, very bold choices.

There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.

Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.

People are fed up of formula films, and we are getting new space to experiment.

Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them.

To put it simply, I'm not interested in making comfortable films, and I don't want to crush the audience's imagination. I want them to feel like they might have missed something.

If you're making a smaller movie, you're almost obligated to do something unexpected and surprising.

I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.

Boldness, sensuality and an unapologetic way of showing things, that is part of my films.

I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.

I like bold directors. I like directors that go against the norm in a way.