Film Quotes · Page 167

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

— Louis Leterrier

The key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes.

— Steven Soderbergh

I think, if you can, it's OK to put something in a movie because it makes you feel good.

— Colin Trevorrow

All my films have turned out well only because of the director's brilliance, not because of me.

— Vijay Sethupathi

And there's also not enough films that are more of a imitation of what real life looks like.

— Regina King

“... Play the age as comedy if you want to get away with murder.”

— James Agee

If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay…

— David Duchovny

Every film that I have done has a special place in my heart.

— Sid Haig

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's…

— Sarah Gadon

I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the…

— Taika Waititi

I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I…

— Morgan Saylor

There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence.

— Andrew Stanton

If you are going to do a film about the South Pole, the chances are that you will film it in Hawaii!…

— Mike Newell

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.

— Robert Adams

How can you compare 'Hollywood Shuffle,' financed through the director's credit cards, and 'Apocalypse Now?' You have to take into consideration the…

— Bill Duke

Making a film about something difficult is a way of reckoning with it, looking at it directly. It doesn't guarantee peace. Maybe…

— Eva Victor

The creation of a film starts with an idea, a notion of a time period or characters, and you get really excited…

— Whit Stillman

I'm doing something called 'Olivia Twisted,' that will start next year. There may be something in between, but right now, that's the…

— Ashley Greene

On the times when I used to make movies that were with a lower budget, nobody was expecting it to be a…

— Takashi Miike

I will say that comic books are not the easiest things to translate to film, number one. Even the most well meaning…

— Mark Hamill

I was doing a Broadway musical called 'Smile' with Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch in 1984/5 when it abruptly closed. Howard was…

— Jodi Benson

I look to everyday magic in art to remember how to live: how to estrange and vivify ordinary objects and beings. So…

— Noy Holland

I love movies and I love to watch movies and being a part of the whole film experience. Being a filmgoer is…

— Zooey Deschanel

I think that any time you are making a film you have to realize that the people you are talking with might…

— Marshall Curry

Since I surrender myself to the director, it is important for me to trust him.

— Jisshu Sengupta

Movies are like a machine that generates empathy,

— Roger Ebert

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

— Sam Shepard

I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.

— Alexander Payne

I think the big evolutionary step for me is directing my own movies.

— Sasha Grey

With my films, I'm targeting the urban multiplexes, the sophisticated media-savvy young crowd.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.

— Gordon Willis

I never studied film theory, so I don't know the terminology.

— Allan Moyle

I'm always under the impression that directors should act at some point or another.

— Scott Mechlowicz

At the cinema, we do not think - we are thought.

— Jean-Luc Godard

If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line.

— Nick Nolte

I want to start really developing more on the film side.

— Kenya Barris

“If everyone knows so much about it, why do they need to make a documentary?”

— Brigid Pasulka

If I keep doing films like 'The Riot Club' they're going to think I'm a posh git.

— Freddie Fox

I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.

— Paloma Faith

That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out.

— Harry Shearer