Cinema Quotes · Page 301

When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.

— Ryan Gosling

Personally making a film solely for the shock value serves no purpose to me.

— Timo Tjahjanto

Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it

— Claire Bloom

Be it cinema or TV, I have always been interested in taking up challenging projects.

— Mohanlal

The last three films I've done are about self-immolation.

— Claire Forlani

At one point of time, I would like to shoulder a film on myself.

— Payal Rohatgi

My passion for film-making was bordering indulgence. But gone are those days when I was adventurous.

— Boney Kapoor

There is no point in doing a film that will never see the light of the day.

— Zayed Khan

I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave…

— Kevin Smith

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film…

— Dan Simmons

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.

— Hugo Weaving

I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the…

— Matt Dillon

If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people.

— Rita Moreno

Being a comedian, all the stress is there in the moment of doing it. The rest of it is mint: you hang…

— Rose Matafeo

The most important question for me when I begin working on a film is where to start. For a book, what makes…

— Wim Wenders

Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who…

— Scott Eastwood

What people don't understand about making a film is sometimes your experience on the film shapes who you are. You're gone to…

— Scott Eastwood

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so…

— Eric Stoltz

Kurt Russell said another brilliant thing. He had starred in umpteen movies by that point. And he said, "Generally speaking, in every…

— Tim Matheson

I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and…

— Greta Gerwig

Film is built for kinetic movement and crash and burn. It's a great tool for spectacles. But if it's not rooted to…

— Mel Gibson

I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities. Especially for independent…

— Haile Gerima

If you really love films, and you really want to get the full impact, there's a huge difference between watching something on…

— George Lucas

I'm a lot more selective with work these days. My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months. It would…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.

— Edwin Catmull

You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the…

— Howard Shore

Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what youre going to do next.

— Madhur Mittal

I enjoyed doing 'Na Tum Jaano Na Hum' because it was the first film I shot for.

— Esha Deol

It's always useful to be in big movies for one's career.

— Jeremy Irons

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

— Frances McDormand

I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.

— Lana Del Rey

I used to consider myself to be a cineophile, and then I had a daughter. Ha! Now I barely see any movies.

— Joshua Mohr

Some films are aspirational. But there is room for stories which don't have a beginning or end.

— Soha Ali Khan

'Paruthiveeran' was a difficult film to work on. It was my first film but a very strong character.

— Karthi

I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.

— Harmony Korine

Being around all the animals in the film Dr. .Doolittle made me one too.

— Samantha Eggar

I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana.

— Daryl Hannah

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

— Fede Alvarez

I've always maintained that people that are funny and smart can do anything in film.

— Jeff Baena

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

— Clint Eastwood