Cinema Quotes · Page 354

My father was in the Army - he was a brigadier. In those days, people in the Army used to look down…

— Simi Garewal

I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles.

— Izabella Scorupco

I want to be one of those players who you watch on film and say, 'Where's the weakness?'

— Maya Moore

Writing a film is like giving birth to a baby and then giving it up for adoption.

— Abi Morgan

I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

— Michael Moore

Films like 'Babel' can transcend the one point-of-view formula that has reigned for so long.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I felt a little anxious/nervous representing a real person in a Spike Lee film.

— John David Washington

As an actor, I can just show up and do my job. The success and failure of the film depends on team…

— Shruti Haasan

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes…

— Ralph Fiennes

I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be…

— Karl Urban

I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of…

— Don Winslow

“It’s not just about entertainment. It’s about telling stories that audiences connect with emotionally. The way to do this is to make…

— Lawrence Levy

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or…

— Jessica Lange

When I came to Mumbai, I was working behind the scenes for 10 long years. Back then, music video budgets were insignificant…

— Divya Khosla Kumar

For the longest time I was trying to please others. I can blame the whole world for each film that went wrong…

— Shriya Saran

Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.

— Laura Dern

“For all the talk about the merging of film and video game, and for all its inevitability, perhaps the secret of true…

— Devin C. Griffiths

Once you achieve success, you are consumed by the fear of living up to it. Which is why many directors stick to…

— Manivannan

I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion…

— Guy Pearce

Whatever field you can do that, that's where you want to do it, and I think that's why people like David Fincher…

— Charlize Theron

It was like in the film, when I was actually doing a take and wasn't quite sure of the context, and then…

— Simon Helberg

I want to be in everything, but that's because I haven't seen someone who looks like me in everything. I want to…

— Danielle Brooks

Honestly, on so many levels, I feel like motherhood has prepared me even better for directing than film school because all it…

— Christine Swanson

To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story…

— Edward Zwick

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

— Joaquin Phoenix

My mom and I never thought that I would make my way into Bollywood. I was happy doing films down south.

— Sridevi

[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.

— Whoopi Goldberg

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

— Kevin Costner

Of all the films that I have directed, I think 'Lootera' is the one that could have been better.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Life is not about acting in films alone. There are so many things in life other than films and acting.

— Mohanlal

People all over the world feed upon U.S. cinema and don't know about their own.

— Michel Ocelot

The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen.

— King Vidor

Every time I start a film I feel like I'm starting the first time, ever.

— Andrea Arnold

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.

— Tom Cruise

I just love the look of film. But I have nothing against HD.

— Todd Phillips

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my…

— Patrice Leconte

I understand only three things - films, fitness, and food.

— Rakul Preet Singh

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

— Noah Baumbach

I will continue doing films till my last breathe and will regain my respectability in the industry.

— Rahul Roy

A film has to maintain a certain decorum in order to be broadcast to a vast audience.

— Chuck Palahniuk