Cinema Quotes · Page 477

I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable.

— Melissa Joan Hart

As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a…

— Eric Balfour

I truly believe that if I would make a bad film, I might be walking into director's jail and never out. And…

— Lexi Alexander

As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your…

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

I grew up watching film shootings as I always accompanied my father during my holidays. So I was not scared about facing…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Each film is different. Time Code was very quick - a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as…

— Mike Figgis

You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.

— Ryan Gosling

“When we leave the realm of cinema, it is obvious that the dynamics of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy---which has historically represented black…

— Bell Hooks

I started in theatre when I was a teenager, and I sort of fell into screen acting by accident because I had…

— Liv Hewson

I once went on a date where the girl drove and so couldn't drink. I was nervous, so drank quite a bit…

— Dan Smith

I usually work with the director and it's just a collaboration between me and the one person. I think you make good…

— Howard Shore

Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that…

— Gordon Willis

Where is the Scarlett Johansson superhero movie? I don't understand it, why is it taking so long for this? This woman clearly…

— Jessica Chastain

You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy, because it sells movies on 'behind the scenes' footage. It's…

— Daniel Craig

That's one of the great things about creativity. You labor away in a room, and when you're writing a film, it couldn't…

— Leigh Whannell

Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

I'd like to get Newt Gingrich into a film. I don't know but I'd just like to see him in a film.…

— George Clooney

After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with…

— Brian Geraghty

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story…

— Ron Howard

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

— Doug Liman

HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in…

— Mathieu Kassovitz

I used to once believe that the script is the most important thing, but now I also believe that the kind of…

— Kunal Khemu

Dance fascinates me, and it is perhaps the most enriching audio-visual realm for a musician. Film-making also fascinates me.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

I don't talk about films even after I sign them because between the signing and the shooting, anything can happen. I am…

— Diljit Dosanjh

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

— Guy Ritchie

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's…

— Aaron Eckhart

We are living at a time where there are so many films available to watch through so many formats all the time.…

— Megan Griffiths

My role in 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a cameo, but it did expose me to cinema and took me to Cannes. I then…

— Arfi Lamba

[My work] looks very cinematic because it's not abstract video art. It's sometimes very narrative and since I play with film grammar…

— Nicolas Provost

There's big studio films I didn't want to do. I didn't want to go through the hoops and ladders. I wouldn't have…

— Garrett Hedlund

There are directors that I want to work with and that I admire. You can love a script, but if it doesn't…

— Jennifer Lawrence

When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do…

— Norman Jewison

One of the positive aspects from my point of view in terms of lifestyle doing film is that I can say "Well,…

— Hugo Weaving

You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate…

— Mike Leigh

To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.

— Mark Polish

Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad.…

— Chris Pine

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.

— Jack Valenti

The most important thing you have to do is practice. Watch the film and be self confident, but also be self critical…

— Nelson Agholor

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make…

— Kajol