Film Quotes · Page 270

I'm not a superhero fan. I don't see those films. I'm not interested.

— Ewan McGregor

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.

— Cate Blanchett

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

— Alan Arkin

After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I always used to tell others that 'we should make films to make the people happy.'

— Karunas

If you want to make good movies, one has to take a step to create these.

— Binnu Dhillon

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.

— Mike Leigh

I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.

— Jeff Bridges

So my methodological approach is to draw on many different features in highlighting different facets of the novella (and the opera and…

— Philip Kitcher

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

— Martin Scorsese

The difficulty with film is you always have to consign a story to being a certain length, whereas with a book you…

— Emilia Fox

So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of…

— Peter Baynham

You look at how many years you have left, and you start to think: 'How many more films do I have in…

— Alexander Payne

I'm in 'Madagascar 2.' I'm Testy the Lion. The franchise moves to Africa, and Bernie Mac is also in the film. I…

— Tom Lister, Jr

It takes so long to put a movie into production and finish it that anyone with a bad idea has time to…

— Dave Foley

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven…

— Doug Liman

One thing about a film production is that it must run efficiently; there is no room for dead wood. So somebody that…

— George A. Romero

Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a…

— Winston Churchill

An actor said recently that, unless you're a parent, you shouldn't play a parent in a film. I don't know who said…

— Colin Farrell

What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes…

— Jason Blum

I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity…

— Nick Offerman

I loved working with him [Justin Chadwick]. He was very smart in how he assembled the people around him and had a…

— Eric Bana

The most frustrating things is when you read something that has so much potential, but there are other little red flags where…

— Anna Kendrick

When I write a project, it might be something that I want to do and then when I look at it, I'm…

— Noel Clarke

I don't get stressed out about my films because the box-office collection is not in my control.

— Prabhu Deva

It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.

— Jennifer Coolidge

Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.

— Mara Wilson

A lot of movies come out and you think, 'Couldn't you have just tried a little harder?'

— Dede Gardner

“You have to feel. Otherwise you end up like the piano teacher.”

— Veronika Mittermair

I'm a football player, you know? My film talks for me.

— Aaron Donald

The kind of stories I like often comes from debutant directors.

— Abhay Deol

Out of the 450-500 films that I've done, I have probably watched 10 of them.

— Ranjeet

I've realized my best and worst critic is my director.

— Nushrat Bharucha

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

— Michael Gambon

The Truman Show' is one of the best films I've ever seen. The concept is so clever.

— Lola Young

When you watch a movie, you don't want to feel like a machine made it. You want to feel a soul.

— Alexander Payne

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

— Oliver Stone

Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.

— Jay Duplass

I don't only cater a film to the male audience but also the female audience.

— Pooja Bhatt

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

— Mark Gatiss