Cinema Quotes · Page 296

How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees?

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

I am very choosy about my films. I don't do a film just for the sake of money.

— R. Madhavan

I've done a lot of independent films that not a lot of people have seen.

— Katia Winter

I'm a director... I don't wear any makeup, and wear jeans every day.

— Marielle Heller

If something is to be quietly powerful, it requires more balance than a film that allows for more freneticism.

— Bennett Miller

I think great movies have to have some great moments in them to bring them up to that level.

— Clint Eastwood

I don't know if cinema can change society, but if it can make us show some empathy, that's a good start.

— Shriya Saran

When I ask 'What's the film that scared you the most?' I'm really asking 'What scares you the most?'

— Brett Goldstein

I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share…

— Peter Greenaway

I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer…

— Brad Pitt

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry.

— Thomas Perry

Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is…

— Javier Camara

I was swept by the narrative structure of film... you can create a world, you can destroy it, you can do what…

— Karan Johar

As a member of the audience, when you see someone from your country working in an international project, your curiosity about that…

— Huma Qureshi

Cinema has the power to change the society. Through my films, the kind of characters I have played and will play, I…

— Bhumi Pednekar

“When people see things that are strange & creative & they're like "the creator must have been on drugs!" it's like "no.…

— Kevin Panetta

What I find the most interesting about games is the feeling of accomplishment. I think this is an emotion that cinema can't…

— Jenova Chen

Making an independent film is so great because you're your boss. And you have to be disciplined. You know? Because there's nobody…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

I would say I am more concerned with the plays I'm going to do than the movies. I'm more comfortable in a…

— Al Pacino

The Arts, especially film, transcend all cultural barriers, hopefully offering an avenue where all people can find a common place to meet,…

— Carson Grant

I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next…

— Natasha Richardson

“Do you know anything about silent films?” “Sure,” I said. “The first ones were developed in the late nineteenth century and sometimes…

— Richelle Mead

I did a film called The Jesuit, which was an independent film. I did that shortly after Mistresses. I was still feeling…

— Shannyn Sossamon

Whenever we went out to film in the street we would end up in the police station and in the offices of…

— Hassan Blasim

'The Godfather' has been a film which has influenced me a lot.

— Ram Gopal Varma

I don't think I have too many filmmaking years left since I hurt my spine and knee.

— Aparna Sen

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

— Ralph Fiennes

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

— Columbus Short

If they made films in Palm Beach, actors and actresses would be much better dressed.

— Kenneth Jay Lane

“What is it about being on a boat that makes everyone behave like a film star? --Julia Flyte”

— Evelyn Waugh

Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.

— Harrison Ford

I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.

— Adrian Lyne

We try not to have any vanity or judgment about genre or type of film.

— Phil Lord

What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema.

— Jihan El-Tahri

My goal is to keep making films and grow as a film maker; that's always my goal.

— Rob Zombie

If I die on a film set when I'm 80, I'll be happy with that.

— Daniel Radcliffe

It doesn't make a difference to anybody if I accept or quit a film.

— Govinda

I've seen 'Legend'. I like a different kind of cinema, but when done with conviction, anything looks good.

— Rakul Preet Singh

For me, it has always been about acting and I will do films which are content-driven.

— Amyra Dastur

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.

— Wong Kar-wai