Cinema Quotes · Page 163

Film is truth 24 times a second, and every cut is a lie,

— Jean-Luc Godard

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

— Kate Winslet

I would love to do films, but the script has to excite me.

— Shaheer Sheikh

I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too…

— Chad Stahelski

I think sound is a huge part of my filmmaking process and it's a part of the narrative for me.

— Ti West

The great movies that I want to do now are being made for $2.5-million budgets.

— Billy Bob Thornton

My dad got into the film industry around the time I was born.

— Athiya Shetty

Film school was frustrating for me at first but I met some cool people like Lucia Zucchetti - she was amazing.

— Lynne Ramsay

At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror…

— Donald Pleasence

I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the…

— Rza

I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any…

— Shawn Michaels

When I first began to work in pictures I tried to attract the attention of film critics, but I don't make movies…

— Henry Mancini

I particularly relate to the films of Mikio Naruse and Shinichi Kamoshita, a person whose work I watched very much as a…

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

Actors matter only if you have great content. There are so many actors who work only with good content, either the films…

— Bhushan Kumar

Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who…

— Liam Neeson

I don't want to play second leads or third leads in a film. I started working at 17. I still have a…

— Jiah Khan

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want…

— Jeremy Renner

IN THE CINEMA A DIRECTOR EXPRESSES HIS INDIVIDUALITY FIRST AND FOREMOST THROUGH HIS SENSE OF TIME, THROUGH RHYTHM. RHYTHM GIVES COLOUR TO…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

The stressful thing about being an actor is, like, you have to kind of audition again and again and again, you know?…

— Anthony Carrigan

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot…

— Christine Vachon

Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you.…

— Abhishek Bachchan

One of the major issues that's constantly batted around Hollywood and the media is my industry's responsibility toward the portrayal of violence.…

— Taylor Sheridan

'Independent' means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's…

— Alexander Payne

I knew ART was was going to give me this opportunity to expand my role as a director and finally let me…

— Diane Paulus

I had no release in 2013. I worked on four films; none of them saw the light of day.

— Anupam Roy

I'm a member of BAFTA, so I vote in all the films that come up for the Academy Awards.

— Ray Fearon

“you and I are black and white—a film noir, filled with gestures, poignant and tender”

— john j geddes

I made three films in Greece, and they're made under very specific, very limited conditions.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.

— Park Chan-wook

“The image in cinema is based on the ability to present as an observation one's own perception of an object”

— Andrei Tarkovsky

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do…

— Matthew Macfadyen

Directors and actors are people whose career spans are very short.

— Sunny Singh

I'm not really into the fame side of things, so I'm very happy with making a film every four years or so.

— Martin McDonagh

You want your film to get seen by as many people as possible. I mean nobody makes movies for themselves.

— Megan Griffiths

I have had to give auditions for every film I had done until 'Dedh Ishqiya.'

— Huma Qureshi

My favourite hangouts are the Mexican restaurant Crazy Homies and the Electric Cinema, both in Notting Hill.

— Ashley Roberts

When you're a director, the job itself forces you to take charge.

— Sondra Locke

I spent five years after '3 Idiots' making my next film. I didn't see a single penny in those five years.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

— Carter Burwell