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"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."

— Francis Ford Coppola

"I couldn’t sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker."

— Darren Aronofsky

"I’m Godless. I’ve had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking."

— Darren Aronofsky

"You can’t copy a film. If I hold a camera, it’s different than if Irving Penn holds it. Even if it’s in the same place, it will magically take on his character."

— Director Gus Van Sant

"I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something`s been confirmed for them about life."

— Director Danny Boyle

"I got too fed up with films that didn’t make you think. I liked the idea of one that you’d have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film."

— Guy Ritchie

"I am first and foremost a film geek."

— Guillermo del Toro

"Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write `War and Peace` in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling."

— director Stanley Kubrick