Cinema Quotes · Page 351

I have never asked anyone for an assignment; never asked a producer or a director for a role.

— Rekha

I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.

— David Ayer

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

— Sydney Pollack

Whether you're an actor, producer, writer, or director, it's all about the story you're going to tell.

— Goldie Hawn

I don't think Farah and I will make a film together. She is a director in her own right.

— Sajid Khan

I have always thought of films as stories for the world.

— John Hillcoat

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

— Max von Sydow

As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.

— Takashi Miike

Nothing communicates with the people who make real decisions in Hollywood like spending your own money and showing that you can make…

— Philip Anschutz

I've been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn't necessarily have permits or permission. I've even run from the cops…

— Gillian Jacobs

I don't go out a lot, as I like to stay in. I often go for dinners with my girlfriend, and I…

— Anthony Martial

[Out To Sea] began a relationship I had with [director] Martha Coolidge for a few years that was wonderful, and she certainly…

— Brent Spiner

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get…

— Nick Hornby

Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a…

— Roger Corman

There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really…

— Anurag Kashyap

Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt…

— Simon Pegg

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has…

— John Lasseter

I had never done a Director's Cut narration on Beaches so I did in time for the release of the DVD. It…

— Garry Marshall

At 17, I went to an engineering college, the entire reading was about fluid mechanics and steam engines and what not, so…

— Anubhav Sinha

I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a…

— Ric Roman Waugh

What's interesting is that you can have a set that's very calm, very smooth, very cooperative... and end up with a terrible…

— Tobin Bell

Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some…

— Paddy Considine

It's probably the last thing you think about when you're making a film is other people's problems. You're thinking about your problem,…

— Conor McPherson

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

It is really hard when the actor you pictured can't do the film.

— Rebecca Miller

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

— Michael Caine

Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge.

— Werner Herzog

“I don't make a film to make people like it. I make a film to make people think”

— Nelofer Pazira

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

— Karthi

I must say that 'A Aa' is the right film for me at the right time.

— Nithiin

I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.

— Joe Pantoliano

I can't be in a film that I wouldn't like to watch as audience.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

— Diego Luna

Films like 'Pushpa,' 'KGF,' etc., have redefined the way the North looks at South music and films.

— Devi Sri Prasad

The thing about me not doing superhero movies, that's not true at all. Movies are movies. You just go.

— Michael Keaton

I am no glamorous prop waiting to be presented as a showpiece in a film. Filmmakers have to look beyond that.

— Tanushree Dutta

If a film is not doing well, a record company will not take a chance with the score.

— Henry Mancini

I am very happy for the respect shown towards my father, Raj Kapoor-ji, the greatest showman of Hindi cinema.

— Randhir Kapoor

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

— Alan Ball