Film Quotes · Page 180

I never thought someone would make a film on my story.

— Arunachalam Muruganantham

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

— Adam McKay

Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?

— Bruce Robinson

Love Actually [is] one of the cutest Christmas movies.

— Danielle Campbell

Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood.

— Eric Fellner

The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.

— Jack Valenti

I think I've done every disgusting thing you can in a film.

— Anonymous

I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.

— Ewan McGregor

The one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort.

— Adam McKay

I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60%…

— Morris Chestnut

There are some moments in your life and in your career when you meet a movie and the director that suddenly just…

— Alexandre Desplat

I just got an opportunity to do that with a film called 'Lootcase', and it's an opportunity that I am really grateful…

— Rasika Dugal

As the son of a director, I really believe an actor's place is just to shut-up and do what you're told to…

— Max Minghella

I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything…

— Spike Jonze

I don't think I need to stand on a podium and say what kind of performance I've given in 'Yatra' or any…

— Rekha

I had my lockdown period just after my two movies, 'Pardes' and 'Daag: The Fire,' where I had a double role, which…

— Mahima Chaudhry

I still to this day maintain that in that million-and-a-half feet of film [Heaven's Gate] that we shot, we thought we were…

— Richard Masur

Movies aren't "slow burn," and aren't serious, aren't interesting, because everything from the movie to the promotional materials is telling you that…

— Ti West

I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If…

— Heath Ledger

I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working,…

— Drew Barrymore

Bergman movies were the most influential. They used to show at Goucher University, which was where my parents used to live. 'Brink…

— John Waters

I'm going to continue to make short films. I love making shorts. I don't have a boss. There's no boss telling me…

— Todd Strauss-Schulson

I haven't been one since I did a film called (coughs) Encino Man (laughing). After two or three runs with Pauly Shore,…

— Brendan Fraser

Don's Mancini father was an advertising executive and I think Don really grew up and all of that stayed in his head.…

— David Kirschner

Filmmaking is something I have to do. It's not something I particularly want to do.

— Peter Mullan

I want my films to get audiences. I am not interested in making them just for myself.

— Stephen Frears

If you want to do 'Sword & Sandals' movies, people think that means it equals 'epic.'

— Kevin Macdonald

Working on '2001' was my film school. Stanley Kubrick was my mentor.

— Douglas Trumbull

We began in indies, and maybe we'll make another smaller film again sometime.

— Joe Russo

Films are a director's medium. We're all stemming from the director.

— Dave Franco

Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today.

— Andrew Sarris

Robert De Niro... I had a chance to meet him, and I hope to get to work with him one day.

— Ali Fazal

I would even love to do a Bengali film if a good offer is made to me.

— Hema Malini

I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them.

— Sheryl Lee

I'm completely self-taught. I absolutely don't believe in art or film schools!

— Tom Six

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

— Roger Ross Williams

I can't differentiate between mass and class films.

— Naga Chaitanya

Even though my earlier film 'Idhu Yenna Mayam' didn't do well, I got a lot of good feedback.

— Keerthy Suresh

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

— Bill Mumy

Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.

— Dougray Scott