Film Quotes · Page 420

I have always gone with the story which I liked at that point of time and when I retire my filmography will…

— Anubhav Sinha

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more…

— Virginia Madsen

We're really having a problem right now in our culture. I haven't seen one movie lately in which the story and visuals…

— Julie Taymor

If becoming a big star means doing a film that I can't watch with my daughter, I don't want to become that…

— Rajpal Yadav

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

— Gus Van Sant

When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn't know what a documentary film was.

— Tony Kaye

It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity…

— Willem Dafoe

If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn't make the movie any better, just as…

— Quentin Tarantino

I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration…

— Ron Perlman

[Robert] Ford had the idea that through fame he would receive some personal validity, but he didn't. I feel that these are…

— Brad Pitt

I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore.…

— Dileep Rao

As much as I moved to New York and tried to work in theater as much as I could - I developed…

— William Fichtner

I want lot of luck and want all my films to be really super hits. I don't want to hear that the…

— Shahid Kapoor

Whether it's a lower or higher budget project, a TV show or a film, the words on the page are the same…

— Michael Eklund

If you start paying attention to Tom Hanks, you realize that he's not the Jimmy Stewart of our age. He's a very…

— Bill O'Reilly

When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up…

— Anthony Minghella

That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some…

— Robert Englund

You can tell a lot about a man from his hands. If they don't have any scars or calluses on them, you…

— Ellen Hollman

I've chosen films that are different compared to the conventional Bollywood films we all know and love.

— Hrithik Roshan

I am pretty interested in trying to write and produce an animated film at some point, but that's a job that takes…

— David X. Cohen

Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Bollywood is never going to take a backseat for me because I have nothing against it. But I have decided that I…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make…

— Richard Donner

There is no set way of getting a role - you don't give an exam, score well, and then nail a film.

— Radhika Apte

If offered a good role, I would like to work in a good Punjabi film. This land has produced great writers, poets…

— Pankaj Kapur

It's really not fun to have seen a movie that you want to talk about, and you can't find anyone else who's…

— Anita Elberse

Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave…

— Rosalind Russell

In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they…

— Bruce Beresford

When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if…

— Gayle King

I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.

— Crystal Reed

I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first…

— Jonah Hill

You know, a lot of my favorite moments in old, you know, fiction films or documentaries are the parts that capture things…

— John Wilson

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.

— Taylor Kitsch

Whether you're a cameraman or a director, you should ask yourself every now and then, 'What am I trying to do?' Be…

— James Wong Howe

I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be…

— Beatrice Dalle

When you're directing, you're right at the coal face, always exhausted, often emotional - and I'll enjoy being a couple of steps…

— Peter Jackson

You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.

— M. Night Shyamalan

Something like small English films were in vogue you had something like The Crying Game and everyone piled into London and wanted…

— Eric Fellner

It's a strange business, and unfortunately, what we do in animation is a mystery, especially the directors.

— Lee Unkrich

I don't like scary films. I watched Psycho for the first time recently, alone in the house at night. That was a…

— Martin Sheen