Cinema Quotes · Page 165

I'm working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.

— Jessica Chastain

Filmmaking in general is just really where I'm putting all of my energy.

— Renee O'Connor

It was harder, I think, to get attention for the films that I wanted to do than I expected it to be.

— Patty Jenkins

A lot of queer relationships on television and in films are met with extreme tragedy.

— Dan Levy

I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

— Helen Hunt

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

— Bruno Dumont

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

— Andrew Dominik

Isn't nearly every Hindi film a rehash of some movie or the other?

— Bobby Deol

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in…

— Joe Dante

Essentially, we wanted to be in one of Azazel's films, so the notion was we'd simply write an Azazel Jacobs movie ourselves,…

— Dolly Wells

Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try…

— Robert Carlyle

Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

— Condola Rashad

I'm very lucky that I have this other career that runs alongside my comic career, which is a film career, and I've…

— Mark Millar

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

— Steven Spielberg

I find it remarkable. It's surreal for me that I've gotten to work with so many people who are not only great…

— Alden Ehrenreich

People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it…

— Randeep Hooda

When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up…

— Lynne Ramsay

Roger Ebert was a very valiant soldier of cinema who passed away, and we miss him. It's over with serious discourse about…

— Werner Herzog

For most of my films, I've had to go out and start shooting before I could get the rest of the funding.…

— Steve James

When I did Mira Nair's film on AIDS, people told me to stay away from it and even asked me reasons why…

— Sameera Reddy

Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of…

— Mahesh Babu

There is this thing called Actors Access, which is run by the breakdown services. What they do is they put up casting…

— Bostin Christopher

When we were trying to get the money together for the film, one reason that was consistently given for not investing in…

— Bruce Beresford

Producers generally don't like me; directors do, generally. Convincing the producers is hard. They can't see the commercial value behind such a…

— Amanda Plummer

Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work.

— George Clooney

I would like to do a negative role like Urmila has done in couple of her films.

— Rimi Sen

'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

— Jason Reitman

I think an actor should portray all kinds of emotions in films.

— Biju Menon

In fact, sometimes when a short film is done well, you wish that it could be slightly longer.

— Sanam Saeed

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap.

— Jim Coleman

I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.

— Billy Bob Thornton

My memoir is about my time in film and the decision to leave Hollywood, grow up, and stop pretending.

— Lisa Jakub

I want in my films to pose questions, not to offer answers.

— Alice Rohrwacher

From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.

— John Hurt

Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.

— Anthony Anderson

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

— Spike Jonze

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

— Hal Sparks

Seventies cinema - 'Taxi Driver,' 'Deliverance' - that was the best period of American cinema.

— Gaspar Noe

Failure is part and parcel of the process of experimenting with roles and films.

— Fahadh Faasil

I have always believed if the intention is right, it'll be a good film.

— Dulquer Salmaan