Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment,… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I feel like I've always had two selves - the part of me that makes films and the part of me that's… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
Yeah, I do all the stuff I can. Let’s be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in… — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
A learning experience is the best way to sum up my first film credit. It's hard to break into the film industry,… — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
He's a guy's guy, so it pretty much became like the impressions - don't imitate Sean Connery's voice, and things like that.… — Shane West Copy Share Image
I think one third of my work is with first-time directors because I think I should, you know? Really, the difference between… — Rutger Hauer Copy Share Image
What happens in Israel, it's not so divided between being a film actor, or a TV actor - usually, we just do… — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
People don't learn science in movies. You don't go to the movies thinking, 'I hope I learn some quantum mechanics this afternoon.'… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Sometimes we'll walk into a set, and I'll think, 'Oh, this film doesn't look like this.' You know, 'cause I read the… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
When I was super famous, there was definitely a distinction between how one was treated if they were on TV and how… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
There are many things that have stayed consistent. But the biggest change, of course, is technology, the way it's used, the way… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like chipping away at a stone. You take a piece off here, you take a piece off there… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
There are times when you need to step back and realize that movie studios today are not necessarily the same things that… — Michael Uslan Copy Share Image
The voice-over world has changed radically in the time that I've been in it. It used to be this rather small, select… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I really love action. I really love doing my own stunts. I would love to do more of that. I've done a… — Ksenia Solo Copy Share Image
You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
You try to do as much as you can on set because practical looks cool and practical looks great. Until you get… — Kimberly Peirce Copy Share Image
When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I'm not meant to run around trees. I can't throw my arms in the air and sing, I find that boring and… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
When I'm working on the scripts or working with the other actors or rehearsing with the director, and when the director is… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Film maker Andi Olsen has a wonderful short film called Where the Smiling Ends. She waited at the Trevi Fountain in Rome… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
The more films we make the more we get to deal with those pre-existing relationships. But when it comes to a movie… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
It's not the number of trucks parked outside that make a movie interesting but if you have more money, you have more… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Plays are literature: the word, the idea. Film is much more like the form in which we dream - in action and… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Dustin Hoffman was the greatest. He had so much information to give and he mesmerized me. He really feels for actors who… — Amy Weber Copy Share Image
All I can say about Juliette of the Herbs is that it has made me look at how my life is now,… — Janisse Ray Copy Share Image
In our film business, they say it's recession-proof, but there's no such thing. I think what it's done is there's been an… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
Sometimes critics disagree with the audience, and that's fine. I make movies for the audience. I guess I hope that the critics… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject… — Michael Berryman Copy Share Image
'The Butler' has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White House butler Gene Allen, except for the… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I used to work in TV and quit the job because I couldn't do it any more. I quite like taking my… — Asif Kapadia Copy Share Image
I think of all media, television is the most powerful when it comes to selling books, because when you have a feature… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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