People use mobile phones in this very distracting environment where you probably don't have time to watch a 30-minute film, but you… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Many people are under the delusion that I'm just a special-effects man, but I've worn many different hats in my day. On… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
The thing is this: I've got an amazing career in England that couldn't possibly get much better. I do the best theater… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
There was a time when I first started that there was such a thing called 'a woman's film' and there were certain… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
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I studied mass media and brand management and was looking to do an MBA. When an acting offer came by, I thought… — Kajal Aggarwal Copy Share Image
I've done movies that I've been advised not to do. 'Dog Soldiers,' the movie I did 11 years ago now, I remember… — Kevin McKidd Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake I made was not having a full-time producer. I was securing locations and wardrobe and making sure people get… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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The younger generation of filmmakers is concerned about our roots, rather than making films with characters plucked out of the cloud or… — Vetrimaaran Copy Share Image
I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man,… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan,… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
With each film, you are still trying to get the length and measure right. And failure is all about others' perception of… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
'The Stepfather' was the first time I sort of carried a film, or led in a film, and doing it was fun,… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
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I know you can't see it, not you, Ed, but maybe if I tell you the whole plot you'll understand it this… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The critics mostly review the budgets when they go to see a big-budget movie. They are out to get a big-budget movie.… — Yvette Mimieux Copy Share Image
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The way I pick movies is, first, if the script is any good. Then, if the script is good, who else is… — Chazz Palminteri Copy Share Image
Film works when a director and a star have a connection. You know, when there's something telekinetic between them, there's a partnership,… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here,… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
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My university organised a casting call for a film and I won the role. I played a character who was dying of… — Joanna Kulig Copy Share Image
But, it's much easier to do that than produce the movies from scratch. It excites the same thing in me, whether we… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Casting is really a black art. It's a huge part of directing and it's the most invisible. It's one that people don't… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
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I was never conscious of filming except for when I was location scouting. In a way, that is the most important part… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
There are two parts of me. There's the really critical, film-nerd part of me that loves that, and then there's the part… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
For the last 30 years our cinemas have been ruled by science fiction and horror. We've had some very good Fantasy films… — Harry Knowles Copy Share Image
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When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in film school was, you… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
As the world of independent feature filmmaking became increasingly commercialized by the mid-1990s, there was also a parallel, much more positive development:… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
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![“I had intended to make another film, called Pocket Money, which was to be about children at a school. I was very much intrigued by the story [of Close Up] - it came into my dreams and I was very much influenced by it. So I called my producer and asked that we put aside Pocket Money and start…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f97/abbas-kiarostami-2631_children_i-had-intended-to-make-another-film-call_407453.jpg)
