Film Quotes · Page 456

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a…

— Marisa Tomei

I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character,…

— Mia Wasikowska

The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I was still making movies so it wasnt as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that…

— Linda Fiorentino

Women are really complex and totally enigmatic. Humans are really complex, but in film, we've only ever seen that with men. We've…

— Andrea Riseborough

You don't make movies to be art movies. You make movies that move you emotionally because if you're going to commit five…

— Saul Zaentz

They were always my favourite scenes working with Don Warrington. He's such a brilliant actor, he has such a presence, you don't…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

Fear has disappeared. No more fear. In Asia, it is different. They've discovered again the fear and the psychology of the characters.…

— Dario Argento

I had read Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Namesake' and thought it would make a fabulous film, as I could identify with the central character.…

— Tabu

I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed…

— Keith Carradine

“The plane touches down on very rough ground: its wheelbarrow wheels bounce and one set of wings rises alarmingly while the other…

— Justin Cartwright

I actually find in America, there's a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn…

— Alan Cumming

In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for…

— Rosalind Russell

We live in a violent world, but since the success of films like Pulp Fiction, it seems every movie has some violence…

— Natalie Portman

In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of everyday life. But it does it…

— Caleb Deschanel

For me, the driving force is the audience, and the day that stops, I will stop doing films. The day a part…

— Varun Dhawan

I grew up watching movies that just transformed my vision, not just in cinema, in life, and you discover that this -…

— Pablo Larrain

This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Never seek financial independence in independent cinema since independent cinema doesn't make money.

— Mitra Farahani

A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn't mean they're going to be anything cinema students…

— Clint Eastwood

I reckon, if I was a girl, I'd fancy Johnny Depp - he's pretty cool. I wish I looked like Johnny Depp.

— Lee Ryan

In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done.

— Mel Smith

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.

— Martin Gore

Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I cannot do more than two films at a time. I like to have a life besides films. That is very important…

— Tamannaah

I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I…

— Max von Sydow

If you're reading a comic strip, you can read it at any speed you want. But with film and music, the audience…

— John Kricfalusi

Any movie that gets made and ends up in a position where people are coming to talk about it, it's not a…

— Tom Cavanagh

Having a couple of films that were successful internationally has made the film community aware of the films coming out of Greece.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I hope this doesn't sound pretentious, but I very often like the way Europeans make movies. I think sometimes that don't they…

— Michael Keaton

Films are commercially viable when you work with a superstar. That's why I did 'London Dreams' and 'Ready.'

— Asin

The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to…

— Famke Janssen

Daawat-E-Ishq' did not do as well as we expected, so yes, when a film doesn't do as well as you wanted it…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

— Kate Winslet

I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'

— Cate Blanchett

As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might…

— Johnny Ramone

If you do not have a good script, then no matter what the genre is, the film will not be a success.

— R. Madhavan

You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because…

— Audrey Tautou

Theater is still a medium which attracts young writers. You'd think that it would be all over by now, with television and…

— Tom Stoppard

Obviously you have a responsibility - one would like to think there is such a thing as ethics in filmmaking.

— George Hickenlooper