Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Ivan Tverdovsky

Since I come from documentary background and my father is a documentary filmmaker, for me the core essence of cinema is it's social statement. It is somewhat similar to the work of a journalist, just on a different level. This is the kind of cinema I enjoy.

I myself often feel that I have a tail in my pants. And I can see that many people do it as well, I am sure some of them simply wrap it around themselves.

Age is merely a suit, and not a new dress.

Cinema for me is an area of philosophy and artistic statement.

I am very grateful that the Russian budget has a yearly budget for film. And usually this budget goes to "auteur" cinema, which actually needs this support and which indeed contributes to creating "national culture".

For me cinema is not primarily entertainment. I don't watch fun blockbusters myself.

I think the line between "inspiration" and "plagiarism" is often so thin, that you risk falling into the latter one.