Film Quotes · Page 255

Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present.

— Kevin Macdonald

Sometimes films surprise you in a way that you didn't even expect.

— Sargun Mehta

I'd like to make the film of Sam Selvon's book 'The Lonely Londoners.'

— Joe Wright

It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.

— Peter Capaldi

In this way, some film schools can be destructive.

— Richard King

I mean, I'm so far removed from the film industry.

— Iman Vellani

Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.

— Peter Greenaway

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

— Alan Rudolph

Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date far more quickly than films without narrators.

— Bruce Jackson

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first…

— Sam Raimi

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

People build up a picture of Johnny Depp as being some sort of weird pirate character. In reality he's incredibly nice... one…

— Freddie Highmore

This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of…

— Morris Chestnut

If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what…

— Chris Hegedus

I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a…

— Gautham Menon

I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is…

— Lisa Bonet

I'm just as intrigued by acting as ever. It's an ongoing process. There's no arrival. There's no point at which you say…

— Annette Bening

Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin. The entertainment for this evening is not…

— Jim Morrison

I have to say my favorite stories are ghost stories. I don't like to see these made-up monster films or scary films…

— Sandra Cisneros

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many…

— Alexander Payne

I would love to make a film about aging that would take place before the war. It would follow the stages in…

— Roman Polanski

I am going to be an actress. I am going to meet Quentin Tarantino. He will fall in love with me. We…

— Trisha Paytas

Every major summer blockbuster that is released is essentially a product line being launched across multiple verticals. However, the centerpiece of the…

— Shawn Amos

The choice or decision to take on a film certainly isn't calculated as far as doing something that will be successful against…

— Brad Pitt

Kodak sells film, but they don't advertise film; they advertise memories.

— Theodore Levitt

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

— Roger Ross Williams

Directing is its own monster with its own set of muscles and exercises.

— Chandra Wilson

Why should you have to atone for making big movies?

— Emily Blunt

The simple, sweet films without the star power often manage to tell a better story.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

— Jeanne Moreau

Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped.

— Mickey Rooney

If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.

— Aimee Mullins

I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.

— Michael Caine

I look at myself and the films that I will be doing, and that films will create my identity.

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter.

— Eric Bana

Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.

— Chevy Chase

The magic of documentary is that I keep being surprised and amazed by the things I film.

— Kim Longinotto

From the outset, I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies.

— George Lucas

In our home we have many movie props from old film productions.

— Lydia Hearst

What a director should be doing is making it appear as though there was no script.

— John Hughes