Film Quotes · Page 241

My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid.

— Anonymous

I have never neglected my constituency for my film career.

— Jaya Prada

I would love to portray the opera singer Leontyne Price in a film.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

— Adrian Lyne

If mutual fund directors are independent, then I'm the lead character in the Bolshoi Ballet.

— Charlie Munger

'Stree' is an entertaining film, but it has strong commentary about women.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I think the movies that don't try to please people are movies that you respect more in the end.

— Michael Angarano

It's my first sort of commercial attempt, but it made sense for me because I'm not that kind of guy and I'm…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate.

— John Lee Hancock

But you will be hard-pressed to find more than a few novels, films, news stories, and TV shows that dare to depict…

— Rob Brezsny

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful…

— Alain de Botton

It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.

— Krysten Ritter

The reason you do this stuff - comedy, plays, movies - is to be seized by something, to disappear in the service…

— Mike Nichols

I would happily do any Malayalam or Bengali film, if the script is good and I get a good challenge as an…

— Pratik Gandhi

I went for a more classical approach to filmmaking with lots of dolly, track and cranes, and slightly slower, more choreographed fight…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I…

— Christopher Guest

I knew exactly what I wanted out of my actors - the film stars Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The film business is just one of our verticals. We have wanted for some time to make inroads into the English language…

— Ronnie Screwvala

People quote lines to me all the time. I'm always surprised - everybody has a favorite movie, and they're always different. I'm…

— William Sadler

In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing…

— Baran Odar

I don't think there is any one route to directing… Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any…

— Mary Harron

The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started…

— Jenny Agutter

I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer…

— Harold Ramis

The director is as good as the actor and vice versa.

— Nag Ashwin

Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.

— Rachel Stevens

Films are a fantastic medium and the huge impact they have cannot be denied.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people.

— Noah Hathaway

I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.

— Hiroyuki Sanada

I have been told that I was well-utilised in my first film, but I was too young.

— Kartik Aaryan

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.

— David Mamet

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

— Lloyd Kaufman

If you have a successful movie, No. 2 is always a little bit bigger.

— Ross Duffer

I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.

— Robyn Davidson

I like dangerous directors who like dangerous actors and dangerous productions.

— Tim Curry

It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.

— Peter Berg

I've been very lucky. Directors I've worked with have been very amenable to changes.

— Felicity Jones

I never studied film in my life. It's something that, it helps.

— Sebastian Janikowski

I don't categorise cinema at all. If I am doing this, that means I am limiting myself.

— Vicky Kaushal

If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.

— Quentin Tarantino