We get the impression through film and TV that Americans are violent gangsters with guns or upper-middle-class people in romcoms. I really… — David Jason Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends are struggling. A lot of my friends didn't make movies, which was really hard and sad. I'm… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I try to approach the film medium as a novelist and the novel medium as a filmmaker on some level. It's that… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I… — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
In that film Love Story, there's a line, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." That's the dumbest thing I ever… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
With films, I just scribble a couple of notes for a scene. You don't have to do any writing at all, you… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My first job was to run a concessions cart. Later, I found a position at the Pacific Film Archive. Thus began a… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of both movies, and I'm proud of how the movies are totally different in that you don't need to… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Film was something that I didn't see as a step up from music videos, though obviously, music videos, the fact that you… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image
Nobody really truly supporting independent filmmakers anymore. It's just dire. There's a lot of bad filmmaking, and there's a lot of people… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
It used to annoy and frustrate me to have to come in and audition. I would say to my agents, 'Haven't they… — William Sadler Copy Share Image
What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
My experience in work, even going to work with Scorsese, is that people always think there's some magic trick. There's no magic… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying… — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I'm not concerned about Kell Brook. People were asking me about his power, and I don't have much to say about that… — Shawn Porter Copy Share Image
When people say "What do you want people to get from this movie?" I say, "Well, it depends on what they bring… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I realize the importance of retelling those stories is so that, one, we don't forget what our ancestors had to do so… — Stephan James Copy Share Image
I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's… — Lalo Schifrin Copy Share Image
From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
I simply can't understand the stereotyping women as film makers who make soppy family dramas. Look at Katherine Bigelow: she has directed… — Deepa Mehta Copy Share Image
I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and… — Salman Khan Copy Share Image
For me, my criteria for making films is all about trying to do something different from the last time. So if I… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
I think there's been a gigantic shift in the way we talk to each other, and the way that we communicate with… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
One day, I read in the newspaper they were looking for an unknown for the film of 'A Taste of Honey.' They… — Rita Tushingham Copy Share Image
The truth is I like the crazy ones better than the well-behaved ones normally because they tend to be the passionate ones.… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
Always think twice before you decide to do anything for a film. It may seem like a career-changing idea, but think of… — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
Sometimes, and sometimes youre in the midst of other people making decisions and your people are making decisions and you dont want… — Elizabeth Mitchell Copy Share Image
Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
There is so much investment in it of people's labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
In Europe, there are many filmmakers working in the same territory: immigration, and the things that are most disruptive to European life… — Jean-Pierre Dardenne Copy Share Image
I did short film with Damian Lewis from Homeland, that was a really incredible experience. He's one of the best actors I've… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
![“I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I was getting that through Patti [Smith] - because she takes pictures, performs, writes; she does so many things, and that was a big inspiration to me. It helped me realized that I'm not just a…” quote by Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/08f/steven-sebring-14700_art_i-thought-about-how-to-film-something-ho_292986.jpg)
![“I realize the importance of retelling those stories is so that, one, we don't forget what our ancestors had to do so we can be where we are, and two, to just educate the newer generation. I'm being educated by all these films ['Race' and 'Selma'] and the things I've had the opportunity to be a…” quote by Stephan James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/242/stephan-james-17537_ancestor_i-realize-the-importance-of-retelling-th_1510721.jpg)
