Cinema Quotes · Page 325

I don't think a film has ever worked at the box office because of a star.

— Govinda

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

— Gena Rowlands

It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.

— Tariq Ali

Perhaps when I have 10 films behind me, I will have something worth saying.

— Terrence Malick

My favourite film is 'Le Diner de Cons,' a French movie.

— Stan Wawrinka

Every actor has the desire to do films, but I never had that approach.

— Kiku Sharda

Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

— Vera Farmiga

Of course, all my films are high on comedy, but I ensure there's something for the audience to take back home.

— M. S. Narayana

I grew up with a mom as a director and still didn't believe it could happen for me, because it was so…

— Molly Gordon

It is not a shocker to me that a film went out of my hands, not because I was not credible, but…

— Taapsee Pannu

I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most…

— Steven Berkoff

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try…

— Dennis Quaid

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

Documentary filmmaking has all the challenges and hardships of narrative filmmaking without any of the infrastructure or support. That's both a blessing…

— Brian Lindstrom

I'm really grateful for the fact that I have full artistic control over my career. I can choose what film or TV…

— Bill Bailey

One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I've seen it three times, is Bondarchuk's 'War and Peace.' Not a lot…

— Baz Luhrmann

The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the…

— Peter Schjeldahl

There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to…

— Keanu Reeves

There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I did quite a lot of television episodes with B.P. Singh. He used to stay near me and we would travel together.…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

When you have all the bells and whistles - you've got the big, fancy catering, you've got the big, fancy car service…

— Nia Long

If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people.…

— Christian Bale

I sometimes think how strange it is that I've got to do exactly what I want, and that is difficult to cope…

— Christopher Nolan

When my films don't work it's usually because I tried some very experimental idea. I tried new ideas and they just didn't…

— George Lucas

A film actress that I really admire and look up to is Jessica Lange.

— Shanna Moakler

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.

— Frances McDormand

As directors, we get very stuck on the stories we want to tell.

— Anna Boden

I'm trying to learn things behind the camera and what a producer does and shadowing the directors.

— Chandra Wilson

Films don't change lives, nor are they made to change anything, their only purpose is to entertain.

— Sajid Khan

We had friendly and pleasant relationships with all that worked in our films - many happy memories.

— Stan Laurel

I used to make little movies when I was younger. I'd make my friends be in them and then edit them.

— Billie Eilish

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.

— Gemma Arterton

I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years

— Milla Jovovich

The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.

— Everett McGill

A film set is very casual. If there is a senior actor, by the end of it, you end up joking with…

— Ayesha Takia

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

— Leslie Caron

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become…

— Kathryn Bigelow

I got into modeling, made a portfolio, and entered films because I just wanted to be financially stable.

— Rimi Sen

I would like to do more projects like 'Sanjivani 2' or the films that I have done.

— Mohnish Bahl

It took an entire generation of critical thinking for Douglas Sirk's films to be really appreciated.

— Todd Haynes