Cinema Quotes · Page 208

It was a wonderful experience acting with Prasenjit Chatterjee, the reigning king of Kolkata's film industry.

— Manisha Koirala

'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.

— Oscar Isaac

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion.

— Dori Berinstein

Deconstructing your performance is the curse an actor has to live with. That's why I don't watch my films.

— Manoj Bajpayee

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

— Saba Qamar

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.

— Bernhard Schlink

I don't want to do every independent film offered to me.

— Zoe Kazan

I grew up watching cinema in my country that wasn't telling stories about us, and we had to find a way to…

— Diego Luna

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.

— Robert Duvall

I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music…

— Mike Patton

The great thing about horror films is that they work on a low budget. The genre is the star. You don't need…

— Leigh Whannell

Filmmaking involves a lot of money and hard work, which should not be wasted, though nobody knows which film will be a…

— Hema Malini

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many…

— Alexander Payne

I am going to be an actress. I am going to meet Quentin Tarantino. He will fall in love with me. We…

— Trisha Paytas

You can be accepted in a film which is amazing, and the same person can be rejected in another film whose content…

— Vaani Kapoor

Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between…

— Mano Khalil

When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

It's difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesn't matter if you're talking vampire movies or 'Dawn of the Dead'…

— Ethan Hawke

I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I…

— Steven Spielberg

When I look at the directors that I really love, who really develop their films over time, they're almost always the ones…

— Edward Norton

Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry. However none of the 'New wave' of directors in Nigeria would…

— Chika Anadu

We were fortunate enough to shoot 'Alps' - write the script and shoot it - right after 'Dogtooth' premiered in Cannes. So…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

When I was a kid, you went and saw movies. You knew very little about the actor's personal life except what would…

— Kristen Stewart

There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square.

— John Waters

It's a lot for one director to do six hours, particularly in the Marvel way.

— Kate Herron

When I joined films, I was clueless about the industry and had no aspirations to be an actor.

— Arvind Swami

In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

— Lee Byung-hun

I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.

— Irvin Kershner

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean.

— Richard Attenborough

Every film you see in film school takes on a heightened importance in your life.

— Jon Watts

I'm a woman director and my movies are shown all around the world.

— Celine Sciamma

For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to…

— Kevin Macdonald

I love European films in general. If I were to go to the movie store or something, that's what I like to…

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

The goal is to make the music really a part of the skin of the film, and not be detached.

— Alexandre Desplat

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

— Molly Ringwald

I want to be a part of films that will be watched even after twenty years.

— Bhumi Pednekar

I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.

— Priyanka Chopra

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

— Mekhi Phifer

I don't have the time to think about what someone else thinks of me because I'm busy making films.

— Ram Gopal Varma