Cinema Quotes · Page 167

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

— Mekhi Phifer

I don't have the time to think about what someone else thinks of me because I'm busy making films.

— Ram Gopal Varma

You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

It's a lot for one director to do six hours, particularly in the Marvel way.

— Kate Herron

There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square.

— John Waters

When I joined films, I was clueless about the industry and had no aspirations to be an actor.

— Arvind Swami

In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

— Lee Byung-hun

I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.

— Irvin Kershner

Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything…

— Giovanna Cau

I have grown up watching franchise-based movies like 'Star Wars' and read 'Amar Chitra Katha' and had aspired to do cinema like…

— Rana Daggubati

If something nice comes my way, I will take it up. It has to be something substantial. I am not saying that…

— Priyamani

For me, it's always filmmaker and then character and then story. They're all equally important but if you don't have a great…

— Channing Tatum

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

— Ken Loach

The failure of 'Naach' shook me badly. I have never really been upset about any film doing badly. But 'Naach' was something…

— Antara Mali

I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself…

— Felix Dennis

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.

— William Shatner

I didn't want to be part of that tradition of French cinema that wasn't really watched by the people of my age.…

— Vincent Cassel

It's a mixed feeling when everything you've ever wanted in making films is coming true, and yet you feel scared because it's…

— Alicia Vikander

Whatever film it is, the geography has to be right. If I cannot establish it, I'll get lost. I wouldn't even understand…

— Vetrimaaran

“With photography Alice liked the actions more than the results. She liked opening the back of the camera and unrolling the new…

— Paolo Giordano

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to…

— Diane Lane

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And…

— Neil Innes

Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the…

— Ann Macbeth

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to…

— Noah Baumbach

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean.

— Richard Attenborough

'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.

— Oscar Isaac

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I love Bollywood, I love films, and I like to push myself, which motivates me to work harder.

— Himesh Reshammiya

It was a wonderful experience acting with Prasenjit Chatterjee, the reigning king of Kolkata's film industry.

— Manisha Koirala

Deconstructing your performance is the curse an actor has to live with. That's why I don't watch my films.

— Manoj Bajpayee

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

— Saba Qamar

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion.

— Dori Berinstein

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.

— Bernhard Schlink

I don't want to do every independent film offered to me.

— Zoe Kazan

I have always got many offers from television and films.

— Pulkit Samrat

Blackkklansmen' is an important film because it puts a mirror up to the past and present.

— Paul Walter Hauser

Most films, when you finish as an actor, you just go home.

— Christopher Guest

A movie is something you see, cinema is something that’s made.

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.

— Matt Bomer