Cinema Quotes · Page 331

Everyone relates differently to contemporary stuff. They rely on you to do the research for a period film.

— Mark Bridges

It was easy for me to show the films to the studio and the network and say, "This is who I'm hiring."

— Ava DuVernay

When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind.

— Dario Argento

I sign a film based on the story, the role I play, and the maker.

— Amitabh Bachchan

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

In film, in general, you have just so many cliche themes or stories that are told over and over again.

— Takashi Miike

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

— Scott Michael Foster

Nobody engages in a film, regardless of what your job is in it, to make a bad one.

— Rebecca Hall

I think of myself more as a director than as an actress. But I do like to perform and express myself in…

— Nadine Labaki

Pressure, to me, was creating a 'Star Wars' film, then sitting alone in a theater with George Lucas and showing it to…

— Dave Filoni

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet…

— Satyajit Ray

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to…

— Drew Goddard

Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then…

— Diane Lane

I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell…

— Charlize Theron

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly…

— Hugh Grant

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

— Vincent Cassel

When I do a project, I like the idea that someone is going to experience the book, someone is going to experience…

— Andrew Zuckerman

My worst nightmare was, sometimes you go to Sundance and there's a female filmmaker and they're like, 'It's been 12 years since…

— Nia DaCosta

I had the luxury of working on the script with Andrew [Dominik] for a good year before the film started, so I…

— Brad Pitt

Does the critic wish to influence the kind of film that costs more than £250,000? It is as if he were to…

— Kenneth Tynan

In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved…

— Zooey Deschanel

One of the more problematic aspects of the current state of cinema in Japan is that the movies playing in the theaters…

— Hirokazu Koreeda

You don't necessarily have to go to film school to be a brilliant film maker. If you are a good listener and…

— Tony Todd

It is not the natural movement of film that gives the objects their expression, but the artistic movement, that is to say,…

— Hans Richter

Everyone who makes a film is at the major distributors' mercy.

— John Cassavetes

My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I…

— Samantha Morton

I have a real thing for Mexican directors. And I love Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

— Emma Watson

I feel bad to keep someone hanging. So if I'm not inclined to do a film, I am forthright about my decision.

— Nani

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

— John Cusack

If the film is not emotional, then it operates on a superficial level.

— Emir Kusturica

Dance keeps me going, and it gives me the energy to remain active in cinema.

— Prabhu Deva

Truly, I never dreamt of becoming an actor - I always wanted to be a director.

— Ranvir Shorey

I would never want to do a content-driven film with a box office life of Rs 20 crore.

— Farah Khan

If you make a movie of the present day culture, in the future it'll be a horror film.

— Jacque Fresco

I made a film where nobody got shot and nobody went to see it.

— Sam Peckinpah

Right from my first film, I've introduced several singers and lyricists to the industry.

— Vijay Antony

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.

— John Waters

Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films.

— Mike Birbiglia

Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around.

— John Boyega

A film has got to demand to be made. Otherwise - if it's just, 'Shall we? Why not?' - you shouldn't make…

— Ken Loach