Film Quotes · Page 122

Zero budget filmmaking is frustrating but also liberating.

— Atul Kulkarni

Ive had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

— John Boyega

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

— Roland Joffe

No big Hindi film star wants to work with me. They are busy with their own dreams.

— Priyadarshan

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

— Joseph Kosinski

There are certain films you want to see on the big screen.

— Luke Evans

I can see my songs in a movie as long as it's a movie no one will watch.

— Devendra Banhart

I would've given my right arm to do something on the 'Ray' film, the movie about Ray Charles.

— Ne-Yo

Small films, made on shoe-string budget work in big centres, and for that a substantial amount of budget should be set aside…

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

“Filmmaking has the power to fortify the feeble, unify the divided, raise the abandoned and inspire the ignorant.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The film argues to the young that the old were young once, too, and contain within them all that the young know,…

— Roger Ebert

I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I…

— John Waters

Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of…

— Victoria Abril

Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time…

— Irwin Winkler

With independents[films] you sort of make them on the go and there is that little bit more creative freedom. You don't have…

— Jennifer Aniston

When I started to realise how important the film was to people I thought there is a lot of negative stuff going…

— Jim Carrey

I only do children's films now! I think when you go to LA some people feel you've defected a little bit and…

— Ashley Jensen

In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience…

— Susan Sarandon

I was at the premiere of 'Prisoners,' and I heard two thousand people scream at the same time. I turned to my…

— Denis Villeneuve

There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this…

— J. C. Chandor

Favourite directors change, like favorite authors. I had a passion for Gide and Stein and Faulkner. But now they're no use to…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give…

— Willem Dafoe

Even a low-budget film costs way more money than a high-priced record. So, it's mo' money, mo' problems. When you have more…

— Rob Zombie

Attention spans are so limited and ticket prices so high. We're anyway in a business of manipulating emotions. But each film needs…

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

— Kevin Bacon

You don't have to shoot the film in the first couple days of principal photography.

— Seamus McGarvey

Every director has their own unique working style.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

Just because it's in a movie doesn't mean it's real.

— John Cho

In the '70s, you didn't know who was going to survive in a disaster film.

— Dean Devlin

Depending on how 'Doctor Sleep' does, we'll see what movie opportunities there will be.

— Mike Flanagan

Every night, I sit with an assistant director and learn my dialogues.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films.

— Dinah Sheridan

Money is not a driving force for me when it comes to my passion: that is, dramas and films.

— Mahira Khan

The film industry functions on fraternal feelings. If there is a problem, we solve it in-house.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

It is up to us to produce better-quality movies.

— Lloyd Kaufman

Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far.

— Sacha Baron Cohen

I just wanted to make a properly good movie, and not beg for the love of the fans.

— Louis Leterrier

A film with an untidy plot cannot grip the audience and define their emotional response.

— Kim Jong Il

When I first watched '8 Mile,' it was amazing. It got me. I loved it.

— Danielle Macdonald

There are not too many times when a movie's not cynical, you know what I mean?

— Michael Pena