Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
With film, you can feel confident that you're doing good work, but never know what it's going to look like. — Wood Harris Copy Share Image
Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out. — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
It might be the most inspiring film in the world, but if I do not like it I will not do it.… — Mahima Chaudhry Copy Share Image
It is great to work on different scripts with different directors who have different styles. You get so much experience from that. — Devon Bostick Copy Share Image
For me, it is not about being a part of a hit or a flop. Films are about friends, learning, and experiences.… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
I like watching films that are 94 minutes as a spectator. I think it's rare that you don't come out, even from… — Guy Jenkin Copy Share Image
Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget.… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
My editor and I remain very disciplined. It's just sometimes when you're making a film, you get into the cutting room and… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I'm very pessimistic about adaptations from one medium to another. I've got a very kind of primitive, Puritan view of it. I… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
It’s the opening of Manderlay in Cannes, and I’m sitting next to this guy who’s writing for a tiny fictitious French paper… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
It's like you might have some great scene that you love but for some reason - and you can't necessarily put your… — Neil Burger Copy Share Image
I am very grateful that the Russian budget has a yearly budget for film. And usually this budget goes to "auteur" cinema,… — Ivan Tverdovsky Copy Share Image
So I told Robert from the start that if we couldn't get Charles and Max to take part, but especially Charles, that… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released… — John Dykstra Copy Share Image
I like stories that have a social impact and social attributes to them. That's the whole reason we make films: to broaden… — Djimon Hounsou Copy Share Image
I did a short film called 'Disco' and won an award for Best Supporting Actor at an indie film festival, and that… — Charlie Rowe Copy Share Image
If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets and… — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
The thing that I'm just scared to death of is that someday I'm going to wake up and bore somebody with a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
There's been some people I've overheard talking about 'Mindhunter.' I'll lean in and say, 'Hey, I haven't seen it yet. Is it… — Cameron Britton Copy Share Image
I feel like these days, people want to escape and let go when they're watching movies. They want to empty their minds… — Hyun Bin Copy Share Image
Cinema and the arts invite viewers to focus on a story and, in doing so, peel away its layers and peer into… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Let me put it this way: I would like to direct a successful film. An unsuccessful film I would not like to… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law. — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Mind you, Roman Holiday - which is kind of a romantic comedy - is one of my favorite films, and I think… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
It is hard to do a film that wants to say something because, unfortunately, most everything has been said. — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
The most creative phase of a film is in shooting, because structure is the defining element of that phase. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Making movies is nice, man. A movie with some money behind it? Sweet. So many snacks and stuff. Name-brand. And many different… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
I love movies where the explosions and fireworks are happening inside someone's heart and mind instead of outside. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
The average scene in a film, you have to shoot it 15, 20 times. That means you got to laugh or cry 15, 20 times. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
Getting movies developed doesn't do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
