Film making Quotes · Page 2

I remember the glory days of film making. I used to go to the movies a lot.

— Orson Bean

I've found that film-making's not just a job, it becomes part of your whole life.

— Lynne Ramsay

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.

— James Cameron

My advice to first time filmmakers is believe in yourself and the message you want to give in the film you are…

— Lisa Immordino Vreeland

My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.

— Rowan Atkinson

“People never forget two things, their first love and the money they wasted watching a bad movie.”

— Amit Kalantri

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

— Alexander Payne

“Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

My sense is that you can make a film under almost any circumstances. As long as someone has a vague idea of…

— Paul Morrissey

I think making a film and making a TV show and using images illustratively and telling the story through images is different…

— RaMell Ross

Sometimes, more money is spent on promotion of a film than the making of it. I don't understand that logic. The movie…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I don't believe in putting in music as a band aid to get you over some rough parts or bad film making.…

— Quentin Tarantino

It helps being from somewhere other than Hollywood, not having grown up with that sense of film-making. I really wasn't exposed to…

— Saffron Burrows

I want to direct more often. The job of a producer brings its own benefit as you start to see the simplicity…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

My film-making is the privilege of French cinema. I would have to do things totally differently elsewhere. But I think I could…

— Celine Sciamma

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going…

— Ryan Kwanten

I took a leave of absence from the internet company where I was working and bought a camera and a copy of…

— Marshall Curry

I find, in film, we're always making things and having these intense friendships and then losing track of people. When I first…

— Miranda Otto

With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the…

— Stellan Skarsgard

Unfortunately, when you're working in film, it's this huge machine, and you've got to get everyone right there, so you get kind…

— Darren Aronofsky

I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know…

— Priyanka Chopra

The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess…

— Domhnall Gleeson

It's so important for me to keep a good house. I take a lot of pleasure in cooking and I think there…

— Aparna Sen

“So I think that life is sort of like a drumbeat. It has a rhythm and sometimes it’s fast and sometimes it’s…

— Steven Soderbergh

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

— Robert Redford

“Make films that purify the soul with the flow of rational, vigorous and compassionate thinking.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Use filmmaking to eliminate racism – use to it terminate misogyny – use it to destroy homophobia and all other primitiveness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

— Bernadette Peters

Archetypes are always [in my film-making]. It's sometimes interesting to just flip them a little bit and see the underside.

— Tilda Swinton

Film making to me is a lot like parts of my life. I wish to edit out certain scenes but dammit it…

— Jennifer Amorelli

In film-making, so much can go wrong, and I feel like the same is with life, right?

— Kate Herron

“Take the clapper and become the alarm that the world so desperately needs.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I'm very interested in the editing process - in all aspects of film-making, really.

— Alicia Vikander

“The art of filmmaking is the most influential form of art that has ever existed throughout the history of human artistic endeavors.”

— Abhijit Naskar

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

— Guy Ritchie

I love Meghna Gulzar's film making and her style of story telling. In her films, every character, small or big, is beautifully…

— Amruta Khanvilkar

I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.

— Duncan Jones

I think it is always a long shot getting a book made into a film. Making that book into a film is…

— Alan Lightman

I liked film-making, but the most difficult thing was the editing. I found it tormentingly difficult.

— Vanessa Redgrave

I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.

— Kate Winslet