Film Quotes · Page 116

I've done lots of films with first directors, so it's not unusual for me.

— John Hurt

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

— Kathryn Bigelow

Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?

— Kate Hudson

Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.

— Aaron Eckhart

The box office performance of a film is instrumental in an actor being perceived as saleable.

— Nushrat Bharucha

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

— Colleen Haskell

'Once Upon a Time in the West' is one of my favorite films.

— Michelle MacLaren

For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.

— Guillermo del Toro

There are different cinema traditions in France, Spain and other European countries. There's a much stronger intellectual tradition: cinema is seen in…

— Ken Loach

Cinema leaves a deep impact on the society. As creative people and entertainment film-makers, we have to be responsible at some point…

— Shoojit Sircar

I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself,…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

As a cinematographer or director, I'm always looking for projects that are able to say a lot with the actor's expressions.

— Reed Morano

If I were to do a solo movie, I'd like to try another genre so that people can see another side of…

— Liza Soberano

It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going…

— Terry Zwigoff

When you do a movie, it's like going on a journey. It's really like the director is the captain of the ship,…

— Kellan Lutz

“No other art can compare with cinema in the force, precision, and starkness with which it conveys awareness of facts and aesthetic…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Warner Brothers had to hire [a stunt double] and no one thought a child could do this. Billy Friedkin came to me…

— Linda Blair

For me the journey of making a film is a journey of discovery as to what that film is. I mean what…

— Mike Leigh

I conceive of the film as a modern art form particularly interesting to the sense of sight. Painting has its own peculiar…

— Hans Richter

I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that…

— Peter Mullan

I think one of the main reason's Rick Rosenthal and Whitewater PIctures decided to 'get in bed with me' on 'Fat Kid'…

— Matthew Lillard

“How could all the people understand the same thing? Was marketing the way to get her family to understand that her life…

— Sarah Schulman

We tend to see films as artifacts of one mind. The reality of it is, I think, when you come out here…

— Travis Beacham

What most of us must be involved in--whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever…

— Howard Zinn

I don't even know if I can call myself a director.

— Charles S. Dutton

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

— Mark Gatiss

I don't only cater a film to the male audience but also the female audience.

— Pooja Bhatt

I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone.

— Spike Jonze

I know every film is different. Every filmmaker is different and works differently.

— Rachel Maddow

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

— Michael Gambon

I'm a football player, you know? My film talks for me.

— Aaron Donald

Out of the 450-500 films that I've done, I have probably watched 10 of them.

— Ranjeet

I've realized my best and worst critic is my director.

— Nushrat Bharucha

The kind of stories I like often comes from debutant directors.

— Abhay Deol

Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.

— Jay Duplass

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

— Oliver Stone

When you watch a movie, you don't want to feel like a machine made it. You want to feel a soul.

— Alexander Payne

The Truman Show' is one of the best films I've ever seen. The concept is so clever.

— Lola Young

What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen.

— Brad Anderson

I am enjoying every day of being in the film industry and have no regrets at all.

— Neha Dhupia