Wim Wenders, Filmmaking

"As soon as you start making your film you really have to fight, eh? ... and to even hurt. And even if I do have renown of being gentle, I know that I hurt a lot of people shooting the American films. So, directors are ... well, they're very close to the mafia. I mean they kill people as well. Samuel Fuller, for instance ... killed 2 or 3 stuntmen during the shooting of his films."

~ Wim Wenders, Filmmaking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYaCzMmjryw

Sidney Lumet, Filmmaker

"For whatever reason, producers and studio executives sit in the back row. I'm convinced it's because they hate movies and want to be as far away from the screen as possible."

~ Sidney Lumet, Filmmaker