Cinema Quotes · Page 198

Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until its over.

— Nicole Holofcener

And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.

— Jacques Rivette

Cinema teaches us about the human body and how we look at things.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I think it's always a challenge to adapt a beautiful literary work into a fresh and alive film.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

I was always more of a film guy than an athlete guy. I had an art scholarship at Western.

— Terry Crews

Hindi films are not made for critics, it is made for worldwide Hindi film watching audience.

— Sajid Khan

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

— J. Michael Straczynski

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Often it's true that films just go right through us. You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not…

— Paul Auster

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more…

— Julie Taymor

There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining,…

— John Cassavetes

It is not always important that you have dialogues. How you present your role depends on the director and the cameraman; the…

— Saswata Chatterjee

A lot of actors have roles which stretch from the beginning to end but they don't register or make a mark. It…

— Antara Mali

You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning…

— Marjane Satrapi

I would never put on 20 kilos and mess up my system because a role demands it. Hindi cinema doesn't offer you…

— Bipasha Basu

When I got out of school, it used to be that it was theater actors that ended up doing film and television,…

— Zachary Quinto

It's always scary making a film as I never set anything up or ask anyone to do anything, so I worry that…

— Kim Longinotto

As actors, we have the opportunity to work with many directors. Directors only work with themselves and other actors. They never know…

— Tom Hardy

At times doc filmmaking feels more rewarding creatively. Because you are creating something out of pure cinema - instead of narrative cinema,…

— George Hickenlooper

Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a…

— Rouben Mamoulian

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field...…

— Michelle Rodriguez

[Liv Corfixen] very much part of my life in that she's everything in my life and we found a way to use…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

“Unless immoral in the extreme, we should not automatically judge a movie as inappropriate based solely on its method of communication. Nor…

— Douglas M. Beaumont

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

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

— Supriya Pathak

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

— John Cooper Clarke

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

— Aditi Rao Hydari

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

— Dave McCary

If I am going to be afraid of the criticisms that my films get, I am never going to make films.

— Gautham Menon

I have done so many films in which either I have been the main lead or part of the supporting cast.

— Bobby Deol

I would prefer to not talk about films I have not been a part of.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

— Mona Singh

Independent films are really one of the greatest resources these days to actually find unfiltered truth.

— Josh Tickell

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

— Ronald Meyer

When I go and make smaller films, I actually never think about them being made for a smaller audience.

— Jenny Slate

I have made films on humor of poverty because I have lived in a lower middle class family.

— Priyadarshan