The Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov remarked that watching Tarkovsky's film, Ivan's Childhood was his main inspiration to become a filmmaker by saying: "I did not know how to do anything and I would not have done anything if there had not been Ivan's Childhood".
ðɪ ɑːɹmˈiːniən fˈɪlmeɪkɚ sˈɛɹɡeɪ pˈæɹədʒˌænɑːv ɹᵻmˈɑːɹkt ðæt wˈɑːtʃɪŋ tɑːɹkˈɑːvskiz fˈɪlm, ˈaɪvənz tʃˈaɪldhʊd wʌz hɪz mˈeɪn ˌɪnspɚɹˈeɪʃən tə bɪkˌʌm ɐ fˈɪlmeɪkɚ baɪ sˈeɪɪŋ: "aɪ dɪdnˌɑːt nˈoʊ hˌaʊ tə dˈuː ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ ænd aɪ wʊd nˌɑːɾɐv dˈʌn ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ ɪf ðɛɹ hæd nˌɑːt bˌɪn ˈaɪvənz tʃˈaɪldhʊd".