Cinema Quotes · Page 315

'Brookline' was a very small film and it was only here for a very short time and I wasn't able to catch…

— Bun B

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

— Juan Diego Solanas

There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

— Natalie Portman

Violence has been a part of films since the beginning of time. It's been a form of entertainment.

— Vanessa Hudgens

There are times when your films don't work, your phone doesn't ring and you wonder what you have done.

— Kunal Khemu

Our cinema is star-based, while Hollywood is script-based.

— Vikram Bhatt

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking.

— Stanley Tucci

I have refused a number of big movies. I can't work with those who try to keep tabs on me.

— Devi Sri Prasad

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each…

— Ira Sachs

When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they…

— Otto Preminger

One thing that the audience, and perhaps critics, aren't aware of is that, especially in a film like 'Moonlight,' you always shoot…

— Mahershala Ali

I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that…

— Haley Bennett

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to…

— Jodie Foster

Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.

— Ram Charan

I've been fortunate to work since I was 20 and I've always strived to be a part of good independent British cinema.

— Harris Dickinson

The last major breakthrough for the theatre was electricity, and we have to push beyond that if we want to move beyond…

— David Soul

As most of my films have been made in extreme locations. It's important to work with people who understand what they are…

— Asif Kapadia

The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no…

— Werner Herzog

As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to…

— Arjun Rampal

I never knew where I was going to end up when I started film. I didn't start film to be famous. Of…

— Amy Seimetz

Since I was not keen on the kind of roles that were offered to me in Hindi films, I took up 'Yevakudu.'…

— Bhumika Chawla

I had to continuously do films to shrug off the mini-screen image and it was a struggle. Initially, I was taken off…

— Anoop Menon

I may discuss contemporary cinema, how to shop at a mall without losing energy, how to use the power of mind to…

— Frederick Lenz

I am fortunate to have acted with a talented film personality like Cheran in two consecutive films.

— Navya Nair

Everything you do has certain significance, a certain weight. I think there is a film in everyone.

— Maximilian Schell

Cinema should always be in touch with the soil of the country. My films celebrate the heartland of India.

— Salman Khan

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

— Matthew Vaughn

For me, every film is like the first picture. I am very choosy with the director and producer.

— Rajinikanth

I always say that I'm a filmmaker, not a factory. I don't have to churn out films every six months.

— Farah Khan

It's not that the film is violent, it's that people have an issue with violence right now.

— Thomas Jane

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit

— Guillermo del Toro

My entire film career's been dependent on my ability to look unattractive.

— Anne Hathaway

Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie.

— Mike Birbiglia

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.

— Ray Liotta

When I made my first film, I was arrogant and over-confident.

— Mani Ratnam

I have always believed that cinema is the best way to reach out to the masses.

— Sanjay Mishra

Whether we have a new or an old director doesn't affect my work.

— Nana Patekar

I would love to work on a film which would be close to Hollywood standards.

— Vijay Antony

'Lisa' was a film that I am really proud of and is probably hopefully going to be remade.

— Gary Sherman