Cinema Quotes · Page 148

I don't particularly want to go to a film to make me think, though I want it to be about something.

— Sydney Pollack

If I had my way, I want to do 15 films in a year, but I have realised I cannot physically do that.

— Fahadh Faasil

I don't study any films. I'll watch them, but I don't study anyone else.

— Roger Deakins

I have been involved in some films other actresses would not have done.

— Catherine Deneuve

Even within escapist cinema, if you find a good story to tell, it will do well.

— Farhan Akhtar

I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.

— Audrey Tautou

I do like to go to movies. I like to be in the theater. I like the event of it.

— Jane Lynch

Film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Speaking personally, I want my films to make money, but money is just fuel for the rocket. What I really want to…

— Brad Bird

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I…

— Gillian Jacobs

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of the soul

— Ingmar Bergman

The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I've got Russell Crowe and that would get the film…

— Gary Oldman

I can't cheat on my performances. For me my films are like my babies. I nurture them and look after them like…

— Rekha

I feel very proud that we have managed to stay together. In these forty years we have made forty-six films. Each one…

— Ismail Merchant

Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away…

— Andrzej Wajda

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

There's always a concern over budget with film too but people are more extravagant when they're making a feature. In television everything's…

— Steven Knight

When I think about the new film, I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it…

— Robert Greene

Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple…

— Clint Eastwood

I'm very fond of the British cinema. I'm a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very…

— Steven Bauer

It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need…

— Irvin Kershner

I was inspired by Maya Deren because she was the first woman filmmaker whose films I saw. I also loved Fellini and…

— Chris Hegedus

When we make films - even 2D films - you're always trying to create this illusion of 3D, anyway. You're trying to…

— Rob Minkoff

Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for…

— Rian Johnson

'2.0' is an entirely new thing in Indian cinema, a movie to watch out for.

— Amy Jackson

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

— Brett Ratner

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

— Colson Whitehead

In film schools of the future, professors will teach 'Tammy' as an object lesson in Making Everything Go Wrong.

— Richard Corliss

I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.

— Logan Lerman

I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

— David Brooks

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

— Alan Rickman

I try to watch film with teammates and help them as well, so that's just part of the game, part of playing.

— Rajon Rondo

I have been offered a lot of films with many big actors, but I have unfortunately declined them.

— Parineeti Chopra

Cinema is ultimately a work of art, it is all about sound and visuals.

— Joy Mathew

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.

— Scarlett Johansson

I can't say I am a great director but I am the greatest audience.

— Sajid Khan

If there is a chance to do so, I want to work with Stephen Chow in a romantic comedy film.

— Gong Hyo-jin

I try to shoot film wherever possible. There's nothing like it.

— Reed Morano

Film is the only technology that allows us to share subjectivity with someone else.

— Jason Silva

The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.

— Wang Jianlin