I always ask, 'Is this movie essential? Does this movie need to exist? Does it need to exist right now?' And the… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I'm always looking at film, studying myself, comparing and contrasting with film of the great linebackers to see what I need to… — Khalil Mack Copy Share Image
Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it. — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
Vijay Anand's death marks the passing away of a true, original mind. Vijay had charisma and cinematic dazzle. He was the first… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What… — Godfrey Reggio Copy Share Image
I've always thought of the audience. I just want to entertain the audience. That's what it's about: what's good for the movie,… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's… — Megalyn Echikunwoke Copy Share Image
No movie can change society, but there are things that can be achieved by a film. For example, we are sitting in… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
I think it's very important that films like Bad Hurt don't get lost in the mix of the sci-fi-kill-everything-on-the-screen-blood-dripping-down-the-walls sort of the… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
We're growing up with a very illiterate bunch of children who have somehow been taught that film is fact when, in fact,… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
This weird thing happens when you're in a movie that has some level of success. People start offering you all kinds of… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
We petitioned to get access to film [Suffragette] at the Houses of Parliament and we whooped with joy when we were allowed… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Films like 'Scarface', 'The Godfather', 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' are something I can watch again and again and from anywhere. I love them… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes. — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you… — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
I guess it's the fear of failure and not knowing how the films are going to do that just drives us to… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing.… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
When I was working in Bangalore, short film making was fun - almost like a weekend getaway for me and my friends… — Karthik Subbaraj Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Some people would say you need what you need to work, but I need very little to work, because I learned how… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I used to be a huge fan. "The Simpsons" taught me a lot about filmmaking. It imitates film, but it's drawn, so… — Dagur Kari Copy Share Image
I started in theatre; the first bit of drama I did was amateur dramatics, up until I was 19. Then the TV… — Michael Socha Copy Share Image
Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
'X-Men' films have always been big, and necessarily so, because of the stories they have to tell. — Josh Helman Copy Share Image
Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I didn't struggle initially. But after my hit Aashiqui, I didn't get any film offers for 8 months. That made me insecure. — Rahul Roy Copy Share Image
A big budget studio film is slower, theyve got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated. — Iain Glen Copy Share Image
The super success of '3 Idiots' has taught us that cost of making a film is not important at all; it's all… — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
Film is my passion. I had no money, after Human Zoo. I was completely broke. It was horrible. My film was in… — Rie Rasmussen Copy Share Image
I said if I made 10 films in my life, I would be very lucky. That's how I meant it. My fear… — Luc Besson Copy Share Image
My films are a personal reflection on the impact that the state - the system and the world - has on me. — Vetrimaaran Copy Share Image