Film Quotes · Page 244

My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin.

— Jennifer Hudson

I'm going to be a great film star. That is, if booze and sex don't get me first.

— Jay Presson Allen

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

— Roland Emmerich

If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.'

— Orson Welles

'Magadheera' is a lovely film which can't be recreated.

— Ram Charan

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

— Michael B. Jordan

The problem with movies now is that studios don't take a chance.

— Stephen Humphrey Bogart

I think I have stopped being nervous about the outcome of a film. The five consecutive flops in 1997 and the five…

— Ajith Kumar

It's hard to get an inner dialogue in a film. It's not cinematic. But in a musical, the character can just turn…

— Marc Platt

I feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I've been in almost every Disney/Pixar film.

— Bob Bergen

Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let…

— James Dean

Filmmaking is a language where you empathise with human situations. Unless you have empathy for characters, you shouldn't be a filmmaker.

— Rajiv Menon

I've always been like this - unless I'm a hundred per cent convinced, I just don't choose to be a part of…

— Shamita Shetty

The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless…

— Brendan Gleeson

Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was…

— Werner Herzog

Always think twice before you decide to do anything for a film. It may seem like a career-changing idea, but think of…

— Akshay Kumar

I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I…

— Matthew Lewis

I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in…

— Parker Posey

I simply can't understand the stereotyping women as film makers who make soppy family dramas. Look at Katherine Bigelow: she has directed…

— Deepa Mehta

I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and…

— Salman Khan

My experience in work, even going to work with Scorsese, is that people always think there's some magic trick. There's no magic…

— Matthew McConaughey

What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you…

— Olivia Wilde

Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying…

— Sophie Okonedo

Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.

— Jerry Lewis

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

— Iain Banks

I'm not the greatest filmmaker. There are a lot of better filmmakers than me.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

If I wear a designer outfit in a film like 'Masaan' then it would look wrong.

— Richa Chadha

It feels good to be featured in a film poster. I didn't have it in the beginning of my career.

— Divya Dutta

I've never been given an opportunity to direct, but man, I would love to try my hand at that.

— Tiya Sircar

Scarface is just a character. He's just something to look at. He's not nothing to be.

— Scarface

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

— James Mangold

I always like to work with really good filmmakers and really good actors.

— Boyd Holbrook

I love film; I'd love to do as many films as possible.

— Spencer Boldman

When I hear the news that the pirated version of my film is doing rounds, I cannot keep quiet.

— Karthik Subbaraj

Is it really every 10 years that you get to work on a great movie? That can't be.

— Casey Affleck

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.

— Adam Rapp

A cinephile is someone who expects too much of cinema.

— Serge Daney

There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.

— Paul Bettany

It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.

— Ira Sachs