Film Quotes · Page 422

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made…

— William Shatner

It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one.

— Trevor Rabin

I want to be able to bring out stories like 'Verna,' as well as stories which are of the modern and new…

— Mahira Khan

I love the art house, and when I say the art house, I don't just mean little, independent movies but movies that…

— Justin Simien

There is no border. I'm branding my films as Malay cinema, but it's just about cinema. Everything that I make is about…

— Lav Diaz

I may find myself changing my notions about what I want to do right in the middle of a film. And on…

— Francois Truffaut

I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start…

— Kirsten Dunst

My films have become bilingual. When everyone saw 'Chennai Express,' they said it was a bilingual. But I am proud that 'Chennai…

— Rohit Shetty

I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted…

— Clint Eastwood

When I was growing up in the mid-'50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number…

— Martin Scorsese

Movies are details. Movies are billions of details that come into a certain moment. So with all the years and months and…

— Annette Bening

Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack…

— Roger Ebert

'Race' is one of the most successful film franchises in Bollywood. So I was really excited and honoured on being approached for…

— Vicky Kaushal

Woodfall wasn't deliberately telling working-class stories, but John Osborne and other writers who were involved with them were writing those stories, which…

— Rita Tushingham

I love high concept movies, but they can only work if the source of inspiration is really human - if they're driven…

— James Wan

Too often, you see film makers from other countries who have made interesting, original films, and then they come here and get…

— Peter Jackson

I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little…

— Patrick Warburton

Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently.

— Steve Zahn

I'm not in the business of adapting things that are popular for the sake of just getting it on the screen. I…

— Sam Esmail

Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. Yes, it should entertain, but cinema is made to convey a message, to say…

— Pankaj Tripathi

I worked with an indie filmmaker called Mark Williams, a lawyer who was making a zero-budget family drama called 'Move Me.'

— Karthik Subbaraj

The world is small, and the film industry is even smaller. So, if someone does something wrong, you really can't hide it,…

— Tamannaah

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going…

— Ryan Kwanten

One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I feel like all my films have my politics. As a film-maker, whatever story you're telling, your value system comes out.

— Zoya Akhtar

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough…

— Victoria Abril

'Valhalla Rising' is a fusion of my upbringing, basically: everything I grew up loving and wanted to make a film of.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because…

— Lee Yoon-ki

Film festivals are important, as they often provide an opportunity to look at a film from a fresh perspective.

— Farhan Akhtar

When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so…

— Jonathan Demme

I'd like to direct again, but that's really hard to get something and raise the money. It's difficult to find just the…

— Robert Duvall

There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to…

— Peter Hedges

I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible…

— Peter Weir

There are certain battles that are worth fighting for and we should just keep making the films that are important and relevant.

— Kabir Khan

I think it's an obligation to make a movie full, so you have to see it twice to get all the moments.

— Shane Black

I'm passionate about music, food, books, film, blah, blah. The same things everyone is passionate about, no? Love, sex, connection. Peace. Not…

— Damian Kulash

If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in…

— Hannah Gadsby

'Return To Nim's Island', I was so honored to be asked to play the role of Nim because I loved the original…

— Bindi Irwin

I think the title belies how provocative it is. It's smart, it's well acted, and it's terrific. So, I thought it sounded…

— Tony Danza