Film Quotes · Page 139

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?

— John Cassavetes

It's very, very tempting to make a superhero film or show and make it about the powers.

— Charlie Cox

What is a commercial film? I think every film is commercial, as every film makes money.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal.

— Ryan Gosling

Madea is my woman and her Christmas movie is funny and she is a nutcracker

— Anonymous

I firmly believe that you can't get a good movie without risking a bad movie.

— Cassandra Clare

I have always believed that when a film is being made, it has to be the director's vision.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

While shooting for 'Kodi' at Pollachi, I got this new idea for 'VIP 2'.

— Dhanush

After the release of my first film 'Gangothri,' my father was so happy that he surprised me by buying me a swanky…

— Allu Arjun

The good thing about movies is that they're subjective. You can connect to different themes depending on your own perspective.

— Queen Latifah

The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to…

— Fernando Perez

Cinema immortalizes ordinary people. Not just the ones we watch on the silver screens, but also the behind the scene heroes.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

You have to give your best as you can't guarantee the success of your film, but you can always give a good…

— Sonu Sood

The music that they play at White Hart Lane before you walk out is just... I absolutely love it. I think it's…

— Harry Winks

When I found out this was going to be the last 'Star Wars' film that was ever going to be made, I…

— Keisha Castle-Hughes

The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This…

— Abhishek Bachchan

I don't want to infantilize the actor; I want to empower the actor. Actors can be many things, but all of the…

— Paul Bettany

When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you…

— Olivier Megaton

In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the craft from playwrights and stage actors, who…

— Sam Claflin

Well, not totally because over the years I've probably done 2,700 commercials. So, I'm always ticking. And in a way that was…

— Ridley Scott

Putting something in a movie because it's in the news doesn't make it political to me. If you're not going outside the…

— Sean Penn

I made so many films I thought were great and they turned out horrible, and I made films I did not believe…

— Udo Kier

The biggest problem in countries that don't have a tradition in animation or a film industry, is that precisely, that it's not…

— Raul Garcia

I always feel like I learn more from directors that are new, and I also am able to understand how much I…

— Danielle Harris

I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.

— Ryan Gosling

I love directing, and I will direct myself a few times.

— Luke Goss

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

— Victoria Abril

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.

— David Slade

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

— Akira Kurosawa

Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.

— Emilio Estevez

And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Most film scores have one vibe, and they stick with it.

— Mike Patton

Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.

— William Wyler

What's hard in movies is to have a consistent tone throughout a movie. Whatever that is.

— Steve Zahn

Time was a film run backward. Suns fled and ten million moons fled after them.

— Ray Bradbury

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

— Alexander Payne

Cinema has evolved, and it is high time we stop policing it so rigorously.

— Ali Fazal

I don't do movie junket-y things, because I don't really do movies that much.

— James Lapine

My favorite scene in this film was the flying car, because that was just wicked.

— Rupert Grint

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

— Martin McDonagh