Cinema Quotes · Page 197

Many of my friends and colleagues have told me to take up film direction.

— Pratik Gandhi

I hope to do films. Right now I'm just doing projects that are interesting.

— Melissa Joan Hart

We need to make good commercial films that resonate with the whole of India.

— Jackky Bhagnani

After I did 'Ala Modalaindi,' I wanted to prove that a girl can also carry a film on her own.

— Nithya Menen

Whoever my films are about, they'll hopefully still have my sensibility, whatever that is.

— Andrew Haigh

A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework.

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I think that cinema is medium of communication. It's as valid as novels or fine art.

— Ken Loach

I think TV, films, and the stage inform each other. It's good to go back and forth.

— Jon Tenney

When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the…

— Harmony Korine

This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of…

— Morris Chestnut

If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what…

— Chris Hegedus

I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a…

— Gautham Menon

In Europe, there are many filmmakers working in the same territory: immigration, and the things that are most disruptive to European life…

— Jean-Pierre Dardenne

I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is…

— Lisa Bonet

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good…

— Michael Pena

I wanted to work in the Hindi film industry much more than what I was offered. But if you are a grain…

— Soni Razdan

“There's the life and there's the consumer event. Everything around us tends to channel our lives toward some final reality in print…

— Don DeLillo

I am a fan of movies and there is something about watching film that is burned into celluloid for all time that…

— Edward Zwick

Well, I tried being in front of the camera as a student and that was terrifying. But the press stuff about me…

— Nicole Holofcener

The speed at which cinema is changing, the definition of hero is also changing. Even a big superstar like Aamir sir plays…

— Rajkummar Rao

The business has changed, and some people can keep talking about theatrical in these wondrous terms - it will survive, but it…

— Barry Levinson

I think this is an exciting time to be a female filmmaker. Trust your instincts, work harder than anyone else and learn…

— Alex Hammond

A story has the opportunity to enlighten us, because as we connect the extraordinary moments on film with the ordinary moments of…

— Tom Hanks

It [TV] is the cancer of film. It's why people can't be educated to film. In the late '60s, we expected to…

— Jack Nicholson

The debut film came much easier to me than it would have if I was an outsider.

— Dulquer Salmaan

I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema.

— Alexandre Desplat

I have succeeded at times and failed at others, but I am here to do good cinema.

— Sushmita Sen

When I was making short films, I didn't see a way to give them a wider reach or earn revenue out of…

— Karthik Subbaraj

I have two mothers - Maa and cinema, so I am grateful to Bollywood for giving me a lot.

— Rajpal Yadav

I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again.

— Alfonso Cuaron

My way of deciding whether a film is worth doing is if you can get through it all in the first read.

— Fawad Khan

Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better.

— Rod Steiger

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could…

— David Morse

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

— Liev Schreiber

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.

— James Cameron

Buddha' is my third film but I chose to release 'Hate Story' first because I wanted commercial success.

— Vivek Agnihotri

People want to see me for at least two hours uninterrupted in a Hindi film.

— Ravi Kishan

'Trainspotting' is among my favourite films of all time.

— Max Joseph

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

— Ben Stiller

I am a great fan of Marathi cinema because they have been doing great work.

— Satish Kaushik