Cinema Quotes · Page 172

The fact that Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted me to be part of his film was a high point in my life.

— Harshvardhan Rane

There is no good or bad cinema, there are films that connect either less or more with audience.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I like movies too much. I watch all kinds of films. In a way, all filmmakers are basically audience.

— Zoya Akhtar

Making a film is beyond exciting. It's so exciting, it's exhausting.

— Mike Birbiglia

When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film.

— James Purefoy

Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.

— Geena Davis

In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.

— Orson Welles

I feel like I'm in a horror film. Everywhere I turn, there's a journalist.

— Ksenia Sobchak

The only obligation you have as a film-maker is to tell your version of the truth and to use your film to…

— Kevin Macdonald

I always want to see films that are startling and amazing. Not just shocking. Shocking is easy to do. But startling in…

— John Waters

I never shoot my movies like I'm shooting 'a horror movie,' I shoot them like dramas. Dramas and then something horrible happens.

— Mike Flanagan

I feel that with more representation working behind the camera, the stories that are told in television, film and stage would become…

— Lauren Ridloff

The Hindi film that connects with my life story the most is the movie 'Hero' - two brothers being lost and sort…

— Saroo Brierley

It's not just about television or films, or acting as a whole. It is all about doing only those things which make…

— Vatsal Sheth

A movie isn't a political movement, a party or even an article. It's just a film. At best it can add its…

— Ken Loach

We shot 'Party Girl' on film, and I remember being told, 'We need to get this in two takes because we don't…

— Parker Posey

My teachers believe that the creative producer's job is to service the vision of the director, to stay within schedule and budget,…

— Bruce Cohen

I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But…

— Toby Jones

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smell up the…

— Jay-Z

I think 'Ratcatcher' broke even as a film, but it got a good critical response. I think that people knew that it…

— Lynne Ramsay

When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff…

— Stephen Merchant

Every time I go in front of the camera, I have this fear of 'Oh my God, how am I going to…

— Shefali Shah

On one level, this was the biggest challenge out there - to make a film of this scope, in this amount of…

— David Slade

All the films that I did, I didn't plan them. They just came to me.

— Sridevi

A lot of video directors took it literally and had us running through a desert. -Jay McGuiness

— The Wanted

I am inspired by the kind of films Raj Kumar Gupta and Imtiaz Ali make.

— Ashish Sharma

There is visual illiteracy with text-oriented films like bloody 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings.'.

— Peter Greenaway

I believe in giving myself up completely to the director and do what he wants me to.

— Binnu Dhillon

In all honesty a gangster picture was the easiest kind of film for me to get made.

— William Monahan

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

— John McTiernan

I have done fewer films than I should have. No regrets. I wanted to be at home.

— Dimple Kapadia

I have an inherent interest in filmmaking and equipment. Some of my best friends are technicians.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.

— Anonymous

It's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I love films that make you feel something but also deliver that payload behind jokes.

— Taika Waititi

The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.

— Bill Murray

The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get…

— Geena Davis

I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.

— Bong Joon-ho

In my films, accessibility is something I do on purpose.

— Hito Steyerl