Film Quotes · Page 601

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

— Rick Famuyiwa

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

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

— Mel Brooks

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

— Colleen Ballinger

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

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 use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so…

— Debbie Allen

The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down…

— Hanna Rosin

There's no more film. Film is gone. We photograph digitally and electronically. We don't really use film the same way anymore -…

— Stanley Donen

It's just occurred to me that some horror films everybody laughs because they're so ridiculous and they're so frightening in a way,…

— Susan Hill

Action is cool but it's all down to the director's interpretation at the end of the day, so you have to serve…

— Joey Ansah

I really took it in-house. The Constantine character has a kind of flesh-and-blood practical look at things that would seem, other people…

— Keanu Reeves

I've had a lot of creative license; I improvise quite a bit. There's a lot I like to do that satiates my…

— Paul Walter Hauser

In America, people really love movies here and it's part of the culture. Even in Germany, still sometimes, the theater is always…

— Baran Odar

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

— Roger Deakins

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

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 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

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

— Ann Macbeth

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

— Sharon Needles

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

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

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

— William Monahan

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

Sometimes you just wish you could make a film and then have it on DVD so you can see your mom. But,…

— Simon Pegg

I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary…

— Martin Scorsese

Some directors involve waiting, and if you want to work with that particular director you're going to have to hang around.

— John Hurt

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and…

— Ang Lee

All great scripts need not reach silver screen, and every good story can't be narrated in a 2-hour film.

— R. Madhavan

It makes no sense to bad mouth people, but I think Jean-Luc Godard is astonishing as a survivalist, somebody who can do…

— Babette Mangolte

'Little Baby' is a beautiful film about father and daughter relationship which talks of generation gap.

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not…

— Spike Lee