Robert Zemeckis Quotes & Sayings

From where I sit I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in trouble they can fix it later. So they don't pay that much attention, and of course it costs a lot of money. — Robert Zemeckis

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them. — Robert Zemeckis

All artists are anarchists in some way - some more extreme than others, but it's something that I think artists are supposed to do. We're supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is [art] as much as poetry, in my opinion. — Robert Zemeckis

Understand life's mysteries - as mysteries to be lived. — Robert Zemeckis

I think the thing that I love the most about working in the digital cinema is that you're only limited in your cinematic technique by your imagination - you're not restricted by the physical laws of nature. You don't have to worry about physically moving a 50lb camera through space, or worry about shadows and rigging. — Robert Zemeckis

In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. And it'll be to change the color of an actor's tie or change the little smirky thing he's doing with his mouth. Or you can put in more clouds or move the tree a little bit. — Robert Zemeckis

The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing. It's a guy on a wire. — Robert Zemeckis

Movies are movies. Some bend light through a lens. Some create moving images virtually. At the end of the day, movies are movies. — Robert Zemeckis

We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation. — Robert Zemeckis

I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile. — Robert Zemeckis

I've always said that movies are kind of like love affairs. Two people come together, and if they're at the right place at the right time and it's the right situation, it clicks. I've always felt that I've connected with screenplays. It's the romantic in me. — Robert Zemeckis

I'm addicted to documentaries. That's all I watch on television. — Robert Zemeckis

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves. — Robert Zemeckis

As a filmmaker, you're always supposed to be with your characters, in all movies, even if they're villains. — Robert Zemeckis

You can't legislate sobriety. — Robert Zemeckis