Film Quotes · Page 159

To really have craft, you must be able to repeat something as one has to do in films.

— Martin Landau

I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.

— Tom Cruise

Once I've finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.

— Andrea Arnold

I'm not a big one for lots of genitals flapping in the films.

— Campbell Scott

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

— Chris Hemsworth

I enjoyed working with Van Damme. He is very original person and actor.

— Andrei Arlovski

As a viewer, I liked screenwriter Park Jae-bum's writing and director Kim Hee-won's directing.

— Jeon Yeo-been

I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake.

— Fede Alvarez

I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50, now it's 3% good, 97% stupid.

— Ridley Scott

Initially, I used to say yes to any film without giving it a second thought, which I shouldn't have done.

— Aditya Pancholi

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

— Abbas Kiarostami

The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film.

— Denis Leary

Americans view film from their perspective like all of us do and our perspective don't necessarily need to match.

— Kabir Khan

The first film is very important, and one needs to choose the right kind of debut project. I also think the second…

— Kriti Sanon

Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.

— Rachel Miner

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

— Ashwin Sanghi

The last movie I did, I was very lucky: I got to work with probably the best actor of our era, Billy…

— Tim McGraw

You need not give others a chance to exploit you always. We should know what kind of exploitation is taking place. I…

— Sreenivasan

I try to just focus on what feels right to me when I am conceiving it, conceptualizing, designing, etc. and then talk…

— Miguel Sapochnik

Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet.…

— Terry Gilliam

You do a film and you have hopes for it, and you read it, and you see it one way in your…

— Alan Tudyk

“When the conversation turns too quickly to films, I see it as a sign of weakness. I mean: films are more something…

— Herman Koch

I tend to not have to handle things that are probably gonna end up being irrelevant, that aren't gonna have much to…

— Peter Berg

I'm trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as…

— Sia Furler

I love when you get the feeling of some social reality with a fictional film.

— Rithy Panh

Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.

— Jack Nicholson

To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker.

— Peter Jackson

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

— Spike Lee

Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.

— Omar Dorsey

I am a great movie buff, and I devour films regularly.

— Yuvraj Singh

I am a serious filmmaker, and I see the whole process of filmmaking more as a piece of art.

— Vetrimaaran

Being the director - way fancier than 'just' being the writer. People call you 'talent.'

— Marti Noxon

I want to leave a mark in the film and I never look at the length of my role.

— Anupama Parameswaran

Jeff Bridges, youre here for Crazy Heart, Crazy Heart, crazy night

— Billy Bush

Film production is not rocket science. It's about organizing resources and pooling in funds.

— Ravi Babu

The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I think there is more cohesion when you have one director on set.

— Sam Esmail

I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.

— Jan Hammer

I would love to be a part of a project like 'Ocean's 8,' if such a film is ever made in India.

— Parineeti Chopra

I entered the film industry because my family forced me into it.

— Dhanush