Cinema Quotes · Page 183

I've always surrounded myself with talented people, both in film and in business.

— Ronald Meyer

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.

— Oliver Stone

If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of…

— Willem Dafoe

I'm a great reader of credits; I never leave the cinema before they finish.

— John Cooper Clarke

Films have become much more professional. It is now a secure place for people.

— Supriya Pathak

Film is a very specific world in which I don't think you really need to go to film school.

— Dave McCary

I don't want to try to be a film star and move to L.A. I'd be quite happy just to keep on…

— Joanna Page

I've done some wonderful performance on TV even better than films. But once people watch it, they just forget it. The impact…

— R. Madhavan

When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I'm not meant to run around trees. I can't throw my arms in the air and sing, I find that boring and…

— Emraan Hashmi

I'd like to be able to be like a director, like Richard Brooks, say. And be able to say, 'I did my…

— Katharine Ross

“I’m the Director of Redundancy. I’m also the Director. I make love like I make love, and that is why I am…

— Jarod Kintz

I love films. It's really funny, actually. Like, I see a lot of smaller movies. But a lot of these big, epic…

— Anya Taylor-Joy

I think the relationship between print and film is symbiotic, it's more about evolving and complimenting your existing content. The two are…

— Rankin

For me writing and filmmaking is a therapeutic process. It reflects themes that I'm going through at a time in my life.

— Mark Webber

If some independent artists are using film as a medium to reach out to an audience, it should be promoted. Cinema is…

— Shankar Mahadevan

I think theatre must be an event, an experience, not compete with cinema. When people are able to download stories on Netflix,…

— Robert Lepage

When I see films like 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti,' I feel, 'Why can't I do work like this?' Then you think…

— Rohit Shetty

If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's…

— Idris Elba

When kids like Steven Spielberg were eight and nine and 10, they had little cameras, and that's all they wanted to do.…

— Martin Short

“Lex,’ I giggled as I shoulder bumped her. ‘So what film have you chosen for our Tuesday movie night?’ ‘I’m thinking “You’re…

— C.J. Fallowfield

I'm doing a lot of research right now on what's happening in Arizona. That's where I'm at with more conventional documentary filmmaking.…

— Lourdes Portillo

The nice thing about a documentary, I think, is that so much of it is editing, too. You sort of get to…

— Gillian Jacobs

I have been lucky that good people have chosen me to be a part of their films, and I am really grateful.

— Aditi Rao Hydari

The world in which we live is diverse, and I think television and film should reflect that.

— Candice Patton

When you do an action movie, you've got to come prepared to do an action movie.

— Columbus Short

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

— Ted Demme

So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.

— David Strathairn

The most creative director I have worked with is Mani Ratnam.

— Farah Khan

If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Sometimes we make films just for our people, and it doesn't reach to anyone.

— Garth Davis

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.

— Julie Delpy

Of all the Jedis I saw in the film, Yoda's the only one I like.

— Lawrence Halprin

I am open to writing more, and not just film scripts but maybe also a book.

— Mukul Dev

Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.

— Barry Jenkins

I've only actually done one studio film. I want to be left alone.

— George A. Romero

There were times when 22 of my films would release in a year.

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

I wish a book could reach as many people as film, but we have to be realistic about it.

— David Grann

Most of all people respond to a film tackling grave subjects that question and go against the prevailing mood.

— Philippe Claudel