Film Quotes · Page 263

Film, if properly cared for, will last almost 100 years, but digital will not.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I loved David Lean, he had a huge influence on me when I was going to film school.

— Kathleen Kennedy

Each success gives me the adrenaline to move to another film.

— Mani Ratnam

If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.

— Yami Gautam

I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.

— Blake Edwards

Fifty-percent of the director's job honestly is casting the movie well.

— Ransom Riggs

I have become a nicer person after every film I have done.

— Bhumi Pednekar

I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas.

— Siobhan Fahey

The hardest part about making movies is staying the exact same weight every day and looking the same.

— Justin Timberlake

In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days,…

— Jonas Mekas

When you're writing a screenplay every scene needs to change from positive to negative, or negative to positive, and constantly trying to…

— Sam de Jong

Every five years, there is a shift in cinema space, but we are slow to catch that. Young people understand that shift.

— Mahesh Bhatt

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success.

— Claude Lelouch

No one's ever going to make a PG-13 animated film unless David Fincher executive produces it and puts it out on Netflix,…

— Henry Selick

I love going to the cinema, listening to music, yoga and long walks along Holkham beach in Norfolk.

— Saffron Aldridge

There's always so much more that can be conveyed on screen visually in the expressions of people's faces, in their bodies, in…

— Lynn Shelton

I wasn't terribly familiar. I had read some of the headlines but didn't quite understand difference between WikiLeaks...[Edward] Snowden. And then watching…

— Scott Eastwood

I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to…

— Miranda July

When you make the film, it's like a chef who works on the meal. After you're working all day in the kitchen…

— Woody Allen

When I made my first film, Basquiat, I think one of the criticisms was that the way I work is episodic. Later,…

— Julian Schnabel

I think that's why I've lasted this long because I love everything I make fun of! I make fun of myself first!…

— John Waters

It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks,…

— Morgan Freeman

My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain…

— Bong Joon-ho

When 'The Thin Blue Line' came out, I was criticized by many people for using reenactments, as if I wasn't dedicated to…

— Errol Morris

People don't talk about how hard it is to make a movie. Nobody does. Ever.

— Doug Liman

We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.

— Frances McDormand

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

— Patrice Leconte

Film then does not promote socialist revolution in any consistent way.

— Mark Poster

All great films have stories attached to them of how horrific they were to get made.

— Gareth Edwards

On one hand, as a filmmaker, I don't want to make a movie with guns everywhere.

— Jim McKay

We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.

— Christopher Nolan

When you're a film-maker, sometimes you have to be a slave to continuity.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

— Samantha Morton

Obviously, the 'Rocky' theme is one of the most recognizable themes in film.

— Ludwig Goransson

Every practice, every film session, every game will help our chemistry.

— LeBron James

When we sign a film, we agree to be part of the script.

— Sana Khan

I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.

— Brion James

I think I might do an animated film next. I'm serious.

— Miles Teller

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

— Manuel Puig

I am not cut out to do too many films at a time.

— Bobby Deol