Cinema Quotes · Page 224

When I am making a film, it's very instinctive, it's not preset.

— Mani Ratnam

The more I learn about life through my films and outside of them, the better I am as an actor.

— Kunal Kapoor

I came into films when there was action. When I retired, it was romantic period.

— Rishi Kapoor

I got my name, fame, identity and even my National award from Bengali cinema.

— Rituparna Sengupta

I think I just love films where men have complete breakdowns.

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images.

— Leos Carax

I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.

— Jon M. Chu

I, like most people, came out to Hollywood to get into movies.

— Neil Berkeley

What I'm trying to do is to make films - 'I Origins' is one of them - with the new generation of…

— Michael Pitt

It's not just the actor who's responsible for a film becoming a hit. A whole lot of work and people are involved…

— Bobby Deol

As an actor, you're a color of paint on someone else's palette. But as a director, it's your canvas and you make…

— Denzel Washington

It was the script of 'VRV' that brought Gautham Karthik on board. He would not risk his career if he wasn't confident…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

I've done films about games. What I like with games is that there is this uncertain outcome and the element of chance.

— Jørgen Leth

You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well,…

— Sam Mendes

I've done a lot of different things. I would say, it's really hard for me to say what the ultimate role would…

— Morris Chestnut

It is so beautiful that when you watch the film, the marriage between the visuals, the music and the storytelling is seamless.

— Amit Trivedi

Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

I try to look at the films as I make them from a distance, in a way. I think of them as…

— Panos Cosmatos

I went to art school, wanting to be a painter and then I got into photography. Then it was movies, and I…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

For the last 10 years, I've felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but I've never understood why.…

— Christopher Nolan

Consider this 're-make' business that is taking away opportunities for new ideas and new films to happen. If the movie was made…

— Bernie Brillstein

When I listen to a basic thought, I try to visualise the cinema in it. Sometimes it is dark, sometimes boyish, sometimes…

— Fahadh Faasil

It has always been my aim to find that sort of passion and figure out how to transform it into cinema.Timothy Treadwell's…

— Werner Herzog

To me, the thing love and cinema have in common is that they are about seeing. The greatest act of love you…

— Guillermo del Toro

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.

— Elia Kazan

A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past.

— Kenneth Branagh

For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

What is it like when you see me in all these films and then you meet me? Were you intimidated?

— Eva Marie Saint

When it comes down to it, I'm still in love with film - I'm a cinephile.

— Sean Baker

Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.

— Viva Bianca

I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business.

— Jason Blum

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

— Samantha Morton

That's the beauty of short films; their strength lies in delivering a message creatively and simply.

— Sanam Saeed

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

— Lesley Manville

Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.

— Ram Charan

Film isn't a meritocracy; there's no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. It's a hustle.

— Jon Ronson

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.

— Eli Roth

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

— John Grierson

I myself have been an underdog. I never got anything easy in the film industry.

— Sudha Kongara

“It's not like in the movies. It's better, because it's real.”

— Jenny Han