Cinema Quotes · Page 220

My work in Bollywood depends on the dates needed from me and my role in a film.

— Jisshu Sengupta

Movies are very, very good to me; What do I need TV for?

— Robert Ben Garant

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

— Werner Herzog

I watched a ton of films growing up, but in a haphazard way. There was nothing scholarly or focused about it.

— Jesse Andrews

I don't want to plan my career. That would be a business plan. Filmmaking is not a business plan.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

'Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain' is a film seen through my eyes. I play a labourer.

— Rajpal Yadav

I generally try to avoid talking about my old films - I find it difficult.

— Nicolas Roeg

When I came into films, I found a vacuum in the field of lyricists, writers and composers.

— Hamsalekha

My approach to films is very different. I'll do a film only if I like it. If it doesn't work, I can…

— Regina Cassandra

Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world…

— Wim Wenders

With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw…

— Jonathan Nolan

When my agents tell me how much I'm going to be paid for a film, instead of quoting a figure, they'll say:…

— Kate Mara

I guess when you're carrying a film, you feel the weight of that because you're there every day, and you feel the…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I've learned a great deal about a certain type of filmmaking. But I have ambitions toward another type of filmmaking that I…

— Shia LaBeouf

There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination…

— Idris Elba

With film, oftentimes you work in a vacuum and then you get on a high wire and then you try it and…

— Chris Pine

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent…

— Cameron Crowe

I studied music all the way through college, but as soon as I graduated from university, I got straight into London and…

— Steven Price

I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a…

— Diane Lane

It sounds so negative of me to say, but I don't feel like there were many coming-of-age films when I was growing…

— Bel Powley

“THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN provided by French cinema don’t need to be exaggerated. The number of films either starring or dealing primarily…

— Mick LaSalle

With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the…

— Stellan Skarsgard

It is gorgeously shot, and Andrew believes that the old school way of making films in the best way. Meaning: you have…

— Michael Berryman

There are always scenes cut out of films that you are attached to but you cant worry about it as its the…

— Shirley Henderson

A filmmaker is in a very vulnerable position when their films are releasing.

— Soni Razdan

I can say that I don't compete with others and only with myself because I do so many films.

— Hansika Motwani

You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are.

— Spike Lee

There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.

— Ricky Gervais

I grew up watching films that presented male perspectives of women.

— Parvathy

TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can…

— Elia Kazan

The films you do are not just for the audience. As an actor, you are putting your heart and soul into them.

— Sai Pallavi

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.

— Fred Willard

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

— Willem Dafoe

I'd got my start as a director on the 'Roger Rabbit' shorts.

— Rob Minkoff

Every film has to be the next something else; originality isn't celebrated because you can't market it.

— Nick Moran

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.

— Jacques Rivette

I have no plans to quit south films and come to Bollywood.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

I am not in Bollywood for item songs. I have to do some meaty roles and realistic films.

— Kashmira Shah

I am glad that I belong to this era of cinema where we are witnessing blurring lines between real and reel.

— Tridha Choudhury

If you look at my credits, most of them are the same directors over and over.

— Michael Giacchino