Cinema Quotes · Page 336

But, it is hard too, because I want to do another action film. Believe it or not, it was fun.

— Shane West

I don't want to act in a preachy movie just because that is more sensible. I don't watch that kind of cinema.

— Tamannaah

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

— John Frankenheimer

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

— Francis Ford Coppola

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or…

— Ben Affleck

The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.

— Wang Jianlin

I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.

— Priyadarshan

I watch a lot of classic movies - my TV guilty pleasures are 'The Wonder Years' or the original 'MASH' show.

— Kerry Bishe

I won't take the credit of being a good actor but I do feel that there are good directors who are boldly…

— Shefali Shah

However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about…

— Edward Zwick

I didn't study music and I didn't go to music school, but my education came with two films: 'Woodstock' and 'The Last…

— Jack Savoretti

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I am songwriter. I do compose the music of songs that I write in Bengali. But I've never thought of composing for…

— Arijit Singh

Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.

— D. B. Sweeney

I made adult films for over 12 years. Apart from the directing aspect, I did all of it - the filming, the…

— DJ Yella

I like racing. I love the speed and I'm a very kinetic person in terms of filmmaking. I love the movement of…

— George Lucas

I have, obviously, a very complex relationship with the more industrial side of filmmaking and the machinery that can take an actor…

— Debra Granik

You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find…

— Robert Wise

Everybody who's making the movies needs to work hard to make sure they're good. And if you don't show up and see…

— Paul Feig

Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to…

— Andrzej Wajda

We, as a team, failed with 'Mister,' as the film failed in many aspects. I clearly know that my fans were deeply…

— Varun Tej

If you see films which have been successful over the last 10 years, the women in them have been in their 20s.…

— Konkona Sen Sharma

As a director, when you cut scenes from a movie, you do it with the idea that it is making the story…

— Catherine Hardwicke

With all the hype that computer graphics has been getting, everybody thinks there's nothing better than CGI, but I do get a…

— Ray Harryhausen

As a kid, I grew up watching movies in the cinema, so that dream and charm will never die.

— Vicky Kaushal

When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch television you look down.

— Jean-Luc Godard

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.

— Michael Sheen

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

— Dario Argento

I had a great time doing Bollywood and Telugu films, and it's been an interesting journey.

— Tabu

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

— Kevin Spacey

Chemistry exists or it doesn't, and I think casting is a very underappreciated component of filmmaking.

— Bennett Miller

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

— Viggo Mortensen

I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I've always said that the more ethnic you become, the more international your film becomes.

— Vetrimaaran

“The art of the cinema,’ Truffaut allegedly said, ‘is to point the camera at a beautiful woman.”

— Salman Rushdie

I'd like do a film which I can carry entirely on my own.

— Neena Gupta

As an actor you have to deliver what the director wants.

— Saqib Saleem

Of course, I saw 'The Social Network,' which is a beautiful film.

— Joshua Michael Stern

I watched a lot of Jean-Claude Van Damme films and loved his film 'Bloodsport.'

— Angad Bedi

There's always this debate about how we need more good films but how many are willing to be part of such films.

— Sobhita Dhulipala