Cinema Quotes · Page 193

I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

— Jennifer Westfeldt

I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".

— Hayao Miyazaki

Some of the films I've been most happy with have been the films that don't see a lot of traction.

— Greig Fraser

Necessarily before my match, I don't do too much film. I watch a little.

— Coco Gauff

A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator.

— Julie Andrews

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

— Greg MacGillivray

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.

— Guillaume Canet

I love 'Airplane,' and I love 'Naked Gun' and all those films, where you're parodying.

— Julian Barratt

“Good film, television, or music keeps you awake, anxious for the next movement or act, and wanting more when it is finished.”

— John Grooters

The film from the beginning is not the real world; it's an imaginary world. And this imaginary world is both inside and…

— Lucile Hadzihalilovic

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely…

— Summer Glau

The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses…

— David Attenborough

Foreign distribution is a major aspect of financing films. If you're flooding an entire country with cam rips DVDs before the movie…

— Lexi Alexander

If I listen to 120 stories, I'd love 10 of them, seven would go on floors, four would get completed, three films…

— Satyadev Kancharana

I didn't want to go down the route of spending a year of my life making a movie that would never be…

— Ridley Scott

People have said that my films are very difficult to watch, that they're experiences you are put through rather than ones you…

— John Cassavetes

I think that the cinema is a physical thing. What I'm looking for is creating a physical shock with the audience. I…

— Bruno Dumont

I think you have to be ready to switch gears and go with the team as a director, as opposed to superimposing…

— Susan Sarandon

If you're sitting in the audience, you probably can't see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or…

— Tobey Maguire

“I think it's such a misconception that women don't like [action/sci-fi] or that they don't wanna go and see these movies. I…

— Charlize Theron

New platforms are emerging: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox. And film actors are gravitating towards television, because there are basically better roles…

— David S. Goyer

The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it…

— Federico Fellini

My memory of 3D movies is Fernando Lamas in a swashbuckling movie. And I suppose it had been the fifties, in which…

— Ian Mckellen

The other main difference between film and television is that you have the opportunity to flush out a character, over a longer…

— Elijah Wood

My focus is totally on films and I have no time for a love life.

— Nithiin

Each film needs a lot of struggles and a lot of hard work from so many people.

— Pratik Gandhi

I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.

— Walter Hill

I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.

— Helen McCrory

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

— Bill Nye

My goal would be to make Frank Capra-type films about real people, how they define their reality.

— Larry Wilcox

It's the director who holds the key to the success of a film.

— Devi Sri Prasad

The big French movie distributors are the Trojan horse of the American cinema.

— Jean-Paul Belmondo

I've always striven to ensure that I work on one film at a time.

— Radhika Pandit

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

— Mira Nair

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

— Asia Argento

Music will always be the heart and soul of a film, whether the film is star-driven or content-driven.

— Bhushan Kumar

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

— Minnie Driver

Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me.

— Dwayne Johnson

I don't believe that all actors should end up being directors.

— Rebecca Hall

I feel very strongly as a writer and as a director it is not my job to crush the audience's imagination.

— Sam Levinson