Cinema Quotes · Page 252

I'm from Australia, where the film industry is potent but small.

— Cate Blanchett

When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

— Joss Whedon

It has never been my ambition to become the glam doll in a film.

— Richa Chadha

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

— Grant Heslov

I think the endeavor is to just make your film and then hope it travels as much as it can.

— Karan Johar

ou know, if you want to see jackbooting Nazis in movies, you've got to watch American movies made at that time.

— Quentin Tarantino

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.

— Oscar Isaac

If I am not able to go to theaters confidently and watch a film then I don't expect people to watch my…

— Shoojit Sircar

Many comedic stars have tried to a do a 'Night at the Museum' type film, in which an everyday Joe reacts to…

— Shawn Levy

Before becoming an action director in 1990, my father was a stunt man for about 8 years. During that time, he was…

— Vicky Kaushal

I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one,…

— Jane Campion

To watch THE WAITING ROOM is to wish it would never end. This is human drama at its most intense and universal.…

— Mick LaSalle

I got my first break in 'Bhootnath,' solely on my credit, and went on to sing for around 20 films for all…

— Armaan Malik

Everyone wants to be a writer, director, producer. I don't have the imagination for that, but, hopefully, I can continue to act.

— Holly Marie Combs

I often found that my favorite scene that I shoot is often one that I cut out, like in 'The Last Castle'…

— Rod Lurie

I remember the time when I went to watch Dilip Kumar sahib in 'Shabnam' which was released in 1949. It is because…

— Manoj Kumar

After directing the first film it feels kind of tricky being back to being in front of the camera, because I've always…

— Denzel Washington

It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's…

— Ben Schwartz

Jaspal Bhatti saab was the one who uplifted the image of Sikhs on the national and international stage. There used to be…

— Binnu Dhillon

What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've…

— Amma Asante

When filmmakers are kept from making films, there's a lot of different reasons why. Sometimes you work on a film and cast…

— Joe Dante

I like movies! No, I like theater too. And paintings are great, and all of that! But to me, the great sort…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind.…

— Liam Neeson

It was a wonderful experience acting with Prasenjit Chatterjee, the reigning king of Kolkata's film industry.

— Manisha Koirala

I love Bollywood, I love films, and I like to push myself, which motivates me to work harder.

— Himesh Reshammiya

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

— Saba Qamar

Deconstructing your performance is the curse an actor has to live with. That's why I don't watch my films.

— Manoj Bajpayee

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion.

— Dori Berinstein

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

I don't want to do every independent film offered to me.

— Zoe Kazan

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.

— Bernhard Schlink

It's a lot for one director to do six hours, particularly in the Marvel way.

— Kate Herron

There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square.

— John Waters

When I joined films, I was clueless about the industry and had no aspirations to be an actor.

— Arvind Swami

In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.

— Lee Byung-hun

I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.

— Irvin Kershner

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean.

— Richard Attenborough

I'm a woman director and my movies are shown all around the world.

— Celine Sciamma