Cinema Quotes · Page 236

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.

— Guillaume Canet

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

— Greg MacGillivray

Each film needs a lot of struggles and a lot of hard work from so many people.

— Pratik Gandhi

My focus is totally on films and I have no time for a love life.

— Nithiin

I love 'Airplane,' and I love 'Naked Gun' and all those films, where you're parodying.

— Julian Barratt

I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.

— Walter Hill

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

— Bill Nye

I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.

— Helen McCrory

So I think I'll say the obvious thing: theater is ephemeral. When a production is done, it's gone forever. You can take…

— Tony Kushner

With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in…

— Andrzej Wajda

Ninety per cent of the times, filming is a cakewalk. You start it, shoot it and release it without any major hassles.…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

The first time I ever intersected with the quote unquote industry or Hollywood or being given a paid job as a director…

— Lynn Shelton

I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro…

— Lance Gross

I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the…

— Jean Reno

There are so many directors that I want to work with, but I can't tell you that there's one role. If I…

— Ayelet Zurer

I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done,…

— Michael Cudlitz

Where I come from, it's a little bit like England. We start from the theater, and we do films a bit on…

— Michael Nyqvist

Any advice I could give to female directors would be the same as for males: There will be endless difficulties, some seemingly…

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

I normally don't need any help to put pressure on myself but there was additional pressure because it was a film she…

— Oscar Torre

'The Movie' is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He…

— Olivia Thirlby

We spend all this energy keeping our lives normal and safe and predictable, and the result is that our approved cultural safety…

— Peter Coyote

Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different…

— Paula Patton

When I was a child, I had a ViewMaster, those red box glasses with little discs, so that you can see 3D…

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

It may seem that I am doing films in different languages, which of course I am, but more importantly, I am performing…

— Wamiqa Gabbi

My goal would be to make Frank Capra-type films about real people, how they define their reality.

— Larry Wilcox

It's the director who holds the key to the success of a film.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I've always striven to ensure that I work on one film at a time.

— Radhika Pandit

The big French movie distributors are the Trojan horse of the American cinema.

— Jean-Paul Belmondo

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

— Asia Argento

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

— Mira Nair

Music will always be the heart and soul of a film, whether the film is star-driven or content-driven.

— Bhushan Kumar

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

— Minnie Driver

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

— Sai Pallavi

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea.

— Lenny Kravitz

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

— Mani Ratnam

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

— Christian McKay

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

— Rishi Kapoor

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

— Kunal Kapoor

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

— Leos Carax

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

— Sam Taylor-Johnson