You know what I did? I turned down an offer to do 'Enemy of the People' with Steve McQueen. It doesn't matter… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
A film is sort of binary - it either works or it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how good… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I certainly think that - especially with the challenges of making movies now, where you're making them in 20 or 30 days… — Bryan Bertino Copy Share Image
I feel like I know what I'm doing now and what it takes to make a good movie, so I feel more… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
The kind of sleep that I had during my own film [Certified Copy] screening in Cannes is different. It's not because of… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I am my own worst critic, and I look at 'Death Sentence' now, and I go, 'Oh wow, I have really come… — James Wan Copy Share Image
My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Walking along past the store windows, into which she peers with her usual eagerness, her usual sense that maybe, today, she will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
The thing about The Departed, the x-factor that people can't quite put their finger on, is that it deals clearly with class… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think you can be much truer to real emotions and reality by creating something that on the surface seems artificial but,… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I'm very jealous of actors that swoop in for 20 days, and then swoop back out. When you're a director, you're on… — Francesca Gregorini Copy Share Image
Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I think it's basically quite different from dreams. If only cinema was that easy. Because dreams, all you have to do is… — Kenneth Anger Copy Share Image
People say 'Scott's [Derrickson] movies are kind of scary, is this a horror movie?' Of course, [Doctor Strange] it's not a horror… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
You have to know everything. You have to know how to light a scene. You have to know all this technical stuff… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
In horror films, they sometimes don't show the monster because our imaginations and our own pain is so much greater. Social media… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
A lot of actors on film sets... very often they're not paying attention to the physical world around them. I think through… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
At this moment, everyone is in crisis, not only in Italy but all over Europe. Only in America do they make films… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
'Animal House' was my first movie, so I didn't have anything to compare it to. I was a sight gag more than… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
In Hong Kong, in our generation that started out in the 1970s, being a director wasn't a big deal. We didn't even… — Ann Hui Copy Share Image
With a live performance, you feel nervous because there's a sense it could do well or badly based on how well you… — Richard Ayoade Copy Share Image
I've never been able to develop a movie over several years, and keep coming back to it and adding to it. I… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I'm a film buff and I was keen to find out about the response to Daniel Craig's 007. 'Empire' and 'Hot Dog'… — Burn Gorman Copy Share Image
'Mr. Robot,' in particular, signals the rise of a fresh post-Occupy portrayal of the wealth gap. No longer is the story of… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
When you make your first film, it's really hard in some ways. You're just nowhere. But then you have something. If you… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Given that most movies are bad, and that there are whole categories and sub-categories of badness - the sequel, the Madonna Movie,… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I… — Donna Langley Copy Share Image
The magic of comics is that there are three people involved in any comic: There is whoever is writing it, and whoever… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I respect the fact that a director has studied the text and the road map of work before us, the subtleties, interconnections,… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
“In this image-driven age, wildlife filmmakers carry a heavy responsibility. They can influence how we think and behave when we’re in nature.… — Chris Palmer Copy Share Image
When I start a movie, I already feel like I'm in it. I'm not a jobbing actor anymore; most of the films… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
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