Cinema Quotes · Page 269

I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.

— Agnes Varda

My focus stays on doing good films with notable characters.

— Nikita Dutta

You will not find me repeating a character or carrying similar mannerism in different films.

— Amyra Dastur

Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens.

— George Clooney

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

— Dennis Hopper

The idea of doing film and music together is an absolute dream.

— Dan Smith

I don't usually watch my films in theatres when they release.

— Diljit Dosanjh

I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.

— Sam Rockwell

I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think…

— John Singleton

In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that,…

— Ron Perlman

Films are a platform where you can actually express so much. Something which you really don't have in your personality, you get…

— Neha Sharma

Seventy years on, the wound of Partition is still raw. There have been some beautiful attempts like Garam Hava,' but it's not…

— Pankaj Kapur

With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm…

— Guillermo del Toro

I like the intimacy of independent films and I like the idea that people aren't being paid necessarily as much money as…

— Kim Shaw

I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to…

— Cate Blanchett

You need to gain the confidence that you're doing enough on film. You must resist the temptation to do too much.

— Mark Rylance

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I…

— Fede Alvarez

What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship…

— Grant Heslov

I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I…

— Harmony Korine

I just went to Times Square and the underground movies, sometimes three a day. I did get my education. But I really…

— John Waters

I would study film. I was accepted into USC as well as the film school, because that's two separate processes. But I…

— Michelle Trachtenberg

If I would want to have a huge audience, I would make American movies, not French movies, because there is a limit…

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know,…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

When I started I had no knowledge of films whatsoever. I was an engineering major at Stanford. And I found out as…

— Roger Corman

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

— Chadwick Boseman

Film work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.

— Joanna Lumley

For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my…

— Diane Lane

As a matter of fact, I find the Western cinema very fantastic.

— Shahrukh Khan

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

— Peter Jackson

When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.

— Mike Lookinland

Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.

— Mike Mills

The best compliment for a director is that an audience hates their films.

— Udo Kier

Cinema is a male-dominated bastion and one has to be patient.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

— Roman Polanski

I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.

— Parker Posey

Everyone has a different approach, but I like to shoot a lot of film anyway.

— Ben Affleck

Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.

— Frances McDormand

Generally, drama films are made with stars - I broke the rule unknowingly.

— Anubhav Sinha

Picking projects, it's always director first and then script. Those two things are pretty much head-to-head.

— Cameron Diaz

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

— Terri Windling