You have to be willing to put everything you've got towards the project. That to me is very important. And it may… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
I feel like I hadn't given that many classic films, like, a really good chance. I watched 'Casablanca' a really long time… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Certainly, no studio is going to put its money and its muscle behind something that they don't think they can spin five… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
Entertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it was gray. Most of the films that we saw at the… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
My movies more often are told through pictures, not words. But in this case, the pictures took second position to the incredible… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
You're not directing an actor toward a thing they can't achieve. Because direction is elusive. When directors hold respect for the various… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
Having total freedom to direct my own movies is more difficult than those I was hired for, where the framework has been… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
I was inspired by Maya Deren because she was the first woman filmmaker whose films I saw. I also loved Fellini and… — Chris Hegedus Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you make a film you can go away for three months and then come back and live your life. But… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
When I'm directing, I really try not to be tied to anything. I don't even have the sides in my hands. I… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
It's the interaction between those characters that really makes that movie as special as it is, and I'm proud to say, as… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even… — Bille August Copy Share Image
It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need… — Irvin Kershner Copy Share Image
I know certainly, when one job draws to a close, that I feel I'm simply never going to work again. No one… — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true… — Jon Turteltaub Copy Share Image
I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the… — Yvonne Strahovski Copy Share Image
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I never shied away from a challenge and I love doing big, epic films. They're interesting to me just on a pure… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I love my films. I have stacks and stacks of DVDs. I put 'Last of the Mohicans' on the other day with… — Alvin Martin Copy Share Image
I get unhappy doing things that I'm not passionate about. Because I feel like I'm squandering this incredible gift I've been given… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Most Chinese filmmakers grew up watching television; they watched films on television, not in cinemas. The scope of their vision is not… — Gordon Chan Copy Share Image
My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some… — Andrew Luck Copy Share Image
I've had it happen to me before where it turns out that they never had the money and couldn't have made the… — Robert Culp Copy Share Image
I find it quite difficult on studio films because there are so many different executives and things like that that you have… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism -… — Fredric Jameson Copy Share Image
... photography, like all camera-made images such as film and video, effaces the marks of its making (and maker) at the click… — Abigail Solomon-Godeau Copy Share Image
The film business has changed and society has changed. I started acting before the internet, which is insane to say. That makes… — James Van Der Beek Copy Share Image
It's very easy to get caught up in - there's a hype going on now that I haven't seen in years, and… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I learned how to direct by being in the trenches of movies. Getting to be a student from the inside looking out,… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Though many non-Native Americans have learned very little about us, over time we have had to learn everything about them. We watch… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even… — Robert Evans Copy Share Image
Astonishing times. Who would have imagined that the Crazy Gang would yield a Hollywood film star (Vinny Jones), a British television ever-present… — Giles Smith Copy Share Image
Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene,… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy films. But I haven't… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
You go to the cinema and you realize you're watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image