Film Quotes · Page 555

My father was a filmmaker but he made B-grade films. However, he always aimed at making a big film.

— Sajid Khan

We don't have a lot of narrative on TV or film, mainstream film, of brown queers. Latina queers, I can't think of…

— Tanya Saracho

I take my breaks; say no to a lot of serious movie offers because I either don't like the roles or the…

— Arshad Warsi

Hollywood looks backwards and tries to repeat. And we really try not to do that. We don't always succeed, but I really…

— Jason Blum

PG-13' is kind of a scattered, almost movie soundtrack album, with elements of punk and metal and electronica.

— Sharon Needles

The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form…

— Ann Macbeth

Working with Dario [Argento] was a lot of fun. He's a larger-than-life character, and with an Italian accent.

— Julie Benz

A movie tends to box you in, at least as far as the aesthetics. You have an incredibly kinetic experience, which is…

— Yann Martel

I just look at it as a real group activity when you are making movies. There are so many different artists doing…

— Michael Shannon

Besides kind of like the Wes Anderson, or, of course, a lot of the European movies, most everybody in the States, the…

— Genndy Tartakovsky

I definitely want to continue working in independent films - and big budget stuff as well - but there's a freedom you…

— Trieste Kelly Dunn

As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now…

— Storm Saulter

It is apparent that only a certain kind of person will want to make ethnographic films, It will, above all, be those…

— Robert Gardner

I love that about filmmaking - seeing final product and getting to see everyone else that you don't necessarily engage with on…

— Jai Courtney

I'm not as successful as Pixar or Dreamworks, and that is disappointing to me, because I think my films are as valid…

— Bill Plympton

I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do…

— Richard O'Brien

As a director, you're given a tremendous apparatus to work with, and very great talents are available to you.

— William Monahan

I think if anybody had a roll of dice with a lot of money at stake, they would not want Wes Craven…

— Wes Craven

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

— Kevin Smith

For creating the Texan accent, I would listen to Sissy Spacek and watch her in 'Badlands.' I downloaded the audio of that…

— Ellie Bamber

In the West, film music is completely different and independent from their popular music. The two industries are separate and don't interfere…

— Amit Trivedi

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that…

— Noel Clarke

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be…

— Cate Blanchett

Politics will take care of itself. I'm interested in people who are involved in the situations that politicians create. Politics is taken…

— Steve McQueen

I didn't set out to be a villain in film. I'm a character actor, and if my first movie was a comedy,…

— William Zabka

I always say it's hard to cast an African-American film sometimes because those kinds of actors just aren't out there.

— Rick Famuyiwa

You don't have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough…

— Quentin Tarantino

I have made more documentaries in my time than I think I care to remember, though I am immensely proud of all…

— Charles Guggenheim

A movie is kind of like being the captain of a ship, which is nice, but when I perform by myself it's…

— Jerry Seinfeld

The things that I gravitate toward in film and TV are things that make me laugh but then break my heart.

— Colleen Ballinger

It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.

— Mel Brooks

I'm always kind of hoping that I'll get a movie that shoots in Alabama so I can go back and kind of…

— Nolan Gould

I am concerned that the subtlety is being lost and every film tends to look very contrasty and saturated.

— Roger Deakins

Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social…

— James Wan

Our short film 'Kahaa Toh Tha' talks about how people can get irritated and frustrated with each other which leads to quarrels…

— Vatsal Sheth

I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally…

— Nicolas Cage

Films like 'Satya,' 'Company' needed a pan-Indian audience. The affinity for Hindi film and subjects was there.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with…

— Edgar Wright

Horror films and genre films are interesting, because I always look for a deeper meaning or a deeper theme in the film.

— Katee Sackhoff

There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker.

— Len Lye