Cinema Quotes · Page 242

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

— Michael Giacchino

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

— Tridha Choudhury

I don't know anything about politics or lobbying in the film world.

— M. Jayachandran

I make sure I do only audience-friendly films that can be watched with children and the elderly crowd.

— Sudeep

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.

— Valeria Golino

I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you.

— Michael Caine

I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.

— Ray Harryhausen

When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.

— Jason Reitman

You cannot believe how hard it is to try and raise money for a film. I did it for six years and…

— Virginia Madsen

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

— Tom Conti

At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways…

— David Puttnam

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number…

— Francois Truffaut

You do small movies because the script is good and because you believe in the director. You don't care about the money.…

— Stephen Rea

The cinema is incredibly macaronic and incredibly deep. The moving potential is beyond what we really even understand because it's working on…

— RaMell Ross

After 'The Gamekeeper' I made one other film called 'Looks and Smiles,' but making British films was very difficult. There wasn't a…

— Ken Loach

My relationship with every film is more or less the same, but the experience is the difference. It comes with the people…

— Tabu

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an…

— Mike Birbiglia

Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream…

— Catherine Hardwicke

The safest genre is the horror film. But the most unsafe - the most dangerous - is comedy. Because even if your…

— Roger Corman

All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us…

— Jeremy Northam

There's nothing better than being in a film that translates to audiences and makes people think and feel good and walk away…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I had worked for a lot of directors whose work I didn't respect, and as I was editing material, I was thinking…

— Lee Unkrich

In Australia, there aren't a lot of people committed to art, so these communities form that are dedicated to music, theater, cinema,…

— Joel Edgerton

Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I…

— Abhishek Bachchan

I want to do theatre and film and direct my own things and develop.

— Damian Lewis

Experimental or independent cinema is so exciting because it is about risk-taking, as there is no formula.

— Shweta Tripathi

I'm ready for theatre. I'm ready for dramas, period stuff, films. I want to achieve everything.

— Lauren Socha

I have done over 300 films of which I've played the heroine in 50.

— Sathyapriya

You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.

— Martin Short

Each film does bring a new set of personalities and it can turn out great or it can turn out not great.

— Christophe Beck

Everyone wants to do only those films which they find interesting. That is the way the industry works.

— Akshaye Khanna

Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady. She's a very talented director, and I curse better because of her.

— Dave Mustaine

Honestly, I wanted to play it safe with my first film; I didn't want to do something completely out of the box.

— Akhil Akkineni

It's very hard to go to Monument Valley and not think of John Ford's films.

— Janusz Kaminski

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

— Elia Kazan

I've made a few independent films now and a few movies with Disney, and I've done TV.

— Morgan Saylor

I've made over 220 films. Of these 220 films, 100 films are not good, 50 are okay, and 50 are very good.

— Udo Kier

It is important to choose your director and co-stars well.

— Jacqueline Fernandez

There were huge films that I said no to because I felt I wouldn't have watched that film if it came out.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

There are a lot of directors who make big money and do big things and then move out of the 'hood

— Tyrese Gibson