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".
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".