When I choose a movie, I'll ask myself: 'Is this a movie I…

I can't ask for every movie I make to be great and brilliant. I can only try.

— Kristy Swanson

I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself, always, is,…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I always ask, 'Is this movie essential? Does this movie need to exist? Does it need to exist right now?' And the answer to…

— Allison Williams

It's basically how I choose movie roles. Would I like to see this movie? Is this movie important? Why would I do this? And…

— Aksel Hennie

I like it when things come to me; I choose a movie if I know I need to be a part of it.

— Parvathy

My problem is, whether it's for emotion or for the talents that a character has to have in a role, I find it very…

— Gerard Butler

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.

— Melanie Laurent

I don't have many rules, but one of them is, 'Do not make a movie you yourself would not want to see.'

— Bennett Miller

In the movies I've done for Sony, they've never given me quadrant specific notes ever. They say "Keep making it. Just make the movie…

— Will Gluck

They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want…

— David R. Ellis

While shooting a movie if I can't find what I want, then I keep going until I find my moment.

— Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr

You have to resist falling in love with the money they [producers] want to give you. You have to really resist that, and you…

— Ice Cube

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

— Steven Shainberg

Any time you're making a movie, all you want to do is reduce the variables of things that could possibly go wrong. I think…

— Jon Hamm

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

— Stanley Tucci