Cinema Quotes · Page 237

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

— Rituparna Sengupta

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

— Elia Kazan

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

— Neil Berkeley

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

— Jon M. Chu

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

— Yorgos Lanthimos

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

— Kenneth Branagh

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

— Eva Marie Saint

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

— Samantha Morton

The barrier between TV and movies has come down and film actors are willing to do TV and vice versa, because they…

— Tina Fey

I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did…

— Morgan Saylor

I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could…

— Vijay Sethupathi

It didn't even occur to me that I could use my strong image in cinema to propagate my political ideas. To me,…

— Vijayashanti

For me, the most important word in cinema is the word freedom. For example, in Europe, we've got freedom, we've got the…

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

When I was 16, I watched a lot of world cinema. I borrowed a lot of my personality from cinema. It has…

— Ishaan Khatter

It is not my job to compare my movies. I don't like to compare my films with other movies because I don't…

— Steven Spielberg

My father, who was the one who really got me hooked on movies, liked all kinds of films, and I saw all…

— Steven Soderbergh

This is not a tough job. You read a script. If you like the part and the money is O.K., you do…

— Robert Mitchum

Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of…

— Ava DuVernay

I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for…

— Lance Reddick

Brian De Palma was one of the rare directors who wanted us all to go to dailies. It was like a party.…

— P. J. Soles

When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the…

— Edward Norton

I often find myself feeling that filming music is somehow the purest form of filmmaking. This crazed collision of sound and images,…

— Jonathan Demme

I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

Let's get a couple of things straight. It hasn't been years and years since I made a movie. I'm not coming back…

— Julia Roberts

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

— Jason Blum

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

— Viva Bianca

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

— Sean Baker

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

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

— John Grierson

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

— Eli Roth

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

— Jon Ronson

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

— Jenny Han

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

— Sudha Kongara

After joining theatre, I started thinking that acting in films was not half as challenging as theatre.

— Arfi Lamba

You don't have any credibility unless you are working on 12 films at the same time.

— Saeed Jaffrey

I am not that ambitious to do films. I am very happy and secure doing TV.

— Kratika Sengar

Not only comedy films, I have also done films based on serious issues with Raja Chanda earlier.

— Soham Chakraborty

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

— Barry Pepper