Cinema Quotes · Page 317

I have always been slow to sign films, ever since my debut.

— Pranitha Subhash

That's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind.

— Matthew Weiner

Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.

— Don Johnson

I want to do more new-age content, look beyond conventional cinema.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.

— Jerry Weintraub

Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.

— John Hurt

Your director is your everything and you devote yourself to them and you want to help create their vision.

— Natalie Portman

I have always believed in quality and meaningful cinema and not quantity.

— Manoj Kumar

If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful…

— Irwin Winkler

It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make…

— Jose Padilha

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being…

— Dirk Benedict

I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting…

— Jonas Armstrong

I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. [Director George] Lucas may have held my imagination hostage…

— Stephanie Zacharek

I feel like my job is to give hope. The world is in a dark place and we are living in somewhat…

— Hany Abu-Assad

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used…

— Jeff Daniels

A very, very impressive director, Tomas Alfredson. It's only his second film [ 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but he's a real find.

— John Hurt

I wasn't one of those girls who always dreamed of being an actress. I went to a normal school and then these…

— Emma Watson

Film entertains with different angles, quick moves, like a commercial. But filmmakers like [Wim] Wenders allow themselves to observe a subject for…

— Andrey Zvyagintsev

One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies…

— Jane Campion

Little projects - not feature - film projects - you know, theater things, writing things, and jobs like doing rewriting for money,…

— Tamara Jenkins

I wanted to be a playwright in college. That's what I was interested in and that's what I was moving toward, and…

— Greta Gerwig

I don't have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film. I usually don't have the time. So…

— Hayao Miyazaki

I try to follow my instinct as a moviegoer and I do the thing I would love to see it at a…

— Luc Besson

I think that's what makes David Ayer really interesting. He likes to make a tough-y movie, but actually he's a character director.…

— Mireille Enos

My fans are there because of my work, because of the films that I did. They are my assets.

— Sudeep

Whenever somebody comes to me with a script, I ask a question to myself - 'Why do I want to do the…

— Nana Patekar

What a terrible world it would be if we only did films that were poster boards for political causes.

— Alex Gibney

I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on.

— Sasha Alexander

I'm not finding fault or blaming the industry, but the heroes have always dominated the film industry.

— Priyamani

What I've absorbed of the gothic or paranormal has come mainly from films.

— Glen Duncan

I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good,

— Ryan Phillippe

The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one.

— Peter Stone

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.

— Macaulay Culkin

It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.

— Jim Broadbent

If I wasn't an engineer, I would have been a film journalist.

— Sudha Murty

I am trained as a film-maker. There is nothing else I can do.

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would…

— Nargis Fakhri

I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.

— Sean Lennon

I have always been clear that cinema is not my priority and that my family is.

— Malaika Arora Khan

Adapting a book doesn't mean the book stops just because you've made a film out of it.

— Julian Barratt