Cinema Quotes · Page 149

I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.

— Priyadarshan

When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch television you look down.

— Jean-Luc Godard

As a kid, I grew up watching movies in the cinema, so that dream and charm will never die.

— Vicky Kaushal

I watch a lot of classic movies - my TV guilty pleasures are 'The Wonder Years' or the original 'MASH' show.

— Kerry Bishe

Nobody cares for the product I, and a host of other horror directors, make.

— Clive Barker

When you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex.

— Guido Palau

But, it is hard too, because I want to do another action film. Believe it or not, it was fun.

— Shane West

I don't want to act in a preachy movie just because that is more sensible. I don't watch that kind of cinema.

— Tamannaah

The film I had the most fun in was 'Back to the Future Part III.' It had horseback riding, and all that…

— Christopher Lloyd

It helps, if you've directed, to be able to write a script that is director-friendly. You're really telling them [directors], "This is…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

My mother has been in films for 50 years. She is very insightful. She has been invaluable to me in choosing films…

— Soha Ali Khan

As an actor, I have always believed that content is the kin,g and I have always put my neck on the line…

— Ayushmann Khurrana

What better way to foray into production than with 'Khaidi No 150.' The film is truly close to my heart because it…

— Ram Charan

I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do -…

— Laura Hillenbrand

When films are so hero centric, and directors are dancing to the tunes of the hero, where is the Kannada voice or…

— Hamsalekha

The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're…

— Cate Blanchett

You're not directing an actor toward a thing they can't achieve. Because direction is elusive. When directors hold respect for the various…

— Laura Dern

I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience…

— Jennifer Beals

The film business has changed and society has changed. I started acting before the internet, which is insane to say. That makes…

— James Van Der Beek

I get unhappy doing things that I'm not passionate about. Because I feel like I'm squandering this incredible gift I've been given…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Most Chinese filmmakers grew up watching television; they watched films on television, not in cinemas. The scope of their vision is not…

— Gordon Chan

It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true…

— Jon Turteltaub

I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then…

— David Gordon Green

The very first picture that I did, the director came up to me on the street - I was 14 at the…

— Anna Karina

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

— John Frankenheimer

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

— Francis Ford Coppola

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or…

— Ben Affleck

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

— Alexander Payne

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

— Salli Richardson

Each director maintains a different personality. Either you get along, or you don't.

— Jason Statham

I said yes to a Gujarati film because I loved the script.

— Supriya Pathak

I don't like to stagnate. I'd get bored doing similar films.

— Catherine Tresa

All I'm doing is being in films that I would watch if I wasn't in this industry.

— Daniel Kaluuya

The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more.

— M. Night Shyamalan

When I make music and I'm talking on records, it's like I'm painting a picture. In my mind, I'm seeing a film.

— Rick Ross

There are two kinds of directors in the theater. Those who think they are God and those who are certain of it.

— Rhetta Hughes

There is certainly no formula of making a successful film, but there are means to make a sensible film.

— Dimple Kapadia

A film career does not define me. There is a other side to my life.

— Shamita Shetty

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.

— Jay Duplass

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

— Anushka Sharma