Cinema Quotes · Page 146

I do not want to waste my time by counting films of other producers as I have better things to perform.

— Mahesh Manjrekar

What I'd like is to act on film. I'd really like to act.

— Ken Berry

You finish a film and you think, 'If I could just make the film again I could do a much better job.'

— Rob Minkoff

Foremost is the casting; you need convincing faces. Most of our films suffer from casting.

— Shoojit Sircar

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

— Arnon Goldfinger

I knew when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a director and that I wanted to go to NYU…

— Amandla Stenberg

Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king.

— John Waters

You work hard making independent films for fourteen years and you get voted best breasts.

— Scarlett Johansson

When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like…

— Jay Roach

I try, in my films, to normalize things that maybe 20 or 30 years ago a film would have been about. 'Guess…

— Peter Hedges

For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your…

— Karan Johar

I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits…

— Dennis Muren

Children of Men' reinforces what few would doubt, but which British cinema would seldom lead you to suspect: the British landscape bristles…

— Mark Fisher

Today, if I am a successful actor it is all because of my first show 'Ramayan.' The show has helped me bag…

— Gurmeet Choudhary

Once in a while, I need to go out of my way to do different films, to exploit all commercial angles to…

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from…

— Leslie Easterbrook

For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am…

— James Spader

Professionalism and punctuality are extremely important, especially in the career path I've chosen. Being on sets, film schedules can be very stringent…

— Radhika Apte

You can do more of independent films. A Hollywood picture, you'll do one a year, one of those big blockbusters, right? Then…

— Ben Gazzara

By the time you put a movie out, every single thing in the film is a choice, whether it's an inspired reason…

— Eva Victor

I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em.…

— John Cassavetes

I had seen 'Do the Right Thing' when I was at college, and it was incredibly inspiring as a piece of cinema.…

— Justin Chadwick

I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch…

— Shia LaBeouf

Jacques Doillon wanted me to be in his film, 'La Fille Prodigue,' and there I was, expecting, for some reason, this great…

— Jane Birkin

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

— Naga Chaitanya

Of course, I saw 'The Social Network,' which is a beautiful film.

— Joshua Michael Stern

As an actor you have to deliver what the director wants.

— Saqib Saleem

I get to watch stories I wrote brought to life by the most brilliant actors in cinema.

— Chris Claremont

There's always this debate about how we need more good films but how many are willing to be part of such films.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

I watched a lot of Jean-Claude Van Damme films and loved his film 'Bloodsport.'

— Angad Bedi

The things that inspire people to think are what keeps a film alive.

— Ben Wheatley

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.

— Debbie Allen

I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard.

— Sydney Pollack

With a film, you have to pare down and take stuff out and squish it all down into a 110 page script.

— Melissa Rosenberg

It doesn't matter how good your film is; if people don't know about it, they won't go and see it.

— Robert Kane Pappas

I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party.

— Vanessa Redgrave

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

— Claire Tomalin

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.

— Michael Sheen

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

— Dario Argento

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

— Kevin Spacey