Cinema Quotes · Page 289

In Chile, they have no movies. They have awful popular movies.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

It is only when memory is filtered through imagination that the films we make will have real depth.

— Louis Malle

I do not get that many offers in commercial cinema, to be very honest.

— Kalki Koechlin

I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

— Justin Long

The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.

— Kim Cattrall

I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on…

— Paul Walker

Not many directors have the courage to make movies that are against conventional, commercial norms.

— Amrita Rao

I believe in the theory that one cannot make a good film; it just happens.

— Mammootty

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special…

— Jason Ritter

The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK…

— Naomie Harris

You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative…

— Isabella Rossellini

I want to direct more often. The job of a producer brings its own benefit as you start to see the simplicity…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I kind of prefer bouncing back and forth between theater and films. It's like having the best of both worlds, both very…

— Joanna Going

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue…

— Mike Figgis

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the…

— John Cusack

When you do a film, you start to get the character, and then it disappears for a year before it's released and…

— Matthew Davis

Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need…

— Liv Ullmann

Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new…

— Sergei Eisenstein

I love acting. I think that's the best job in the world, but I don't really enjoy the career of it so…

— David Hayter

It's tough to make funny films. And the truth is, with this process, especially if you write your own movie, then you're…

— Dan Mazer

Whatever I was able to do with those experiences certainly contribute to whatever I'm able to do as a director. The corruption…

— Sean Penn

Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

When I was a TV director working on Judd Apatow's show Undeclared. I was surrounded by so many young people. People like…

— Greg Mottola

I definitely want to do more film and every video I do I think I do more and more acting in them,…

— LeAnn Rimes

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

— Bonnie Hammer

I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face.

— Laura Dern

I miss the sense of belonging on a film as much as I did on 'Call Me By Your Name.'

— Timothee Chalamet

I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.

— Ranbir Kapoor

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

— Charles Durning

I did films in between my studies whereby I kept in touch.

— Regina Cassandra

What matters is whether the audience likes the film or not. Everything else is secondary.

— Varun Dhawan

As a director, I only know how to do it one way, is to pour my heart and soul into everything.

— David Nutter

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

— Chevy Chase

“I played the best role in my life. I had a great director.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

I'm glad that so many directors are keen to work with me.

— Nani

Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.

— Martin Scorsese

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

— Jack Valenti

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.

— Farhan Akhtar

It's like low-budget filmmaking - a focus on dialogue and relationships over plot. Quirky. Improv.

— James Franco

If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go…

— Keeley Hawes