I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
A successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that… — Rick Heinrichs Copy Share Image
I like the cinema of people like Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton. I am not keen on trying to reproduce reality -… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.” — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching… — Barkhad Abdi Copy Share Image
I'm being called in by all the great casting directors. It's no longer based on a headshot. I realize now what they're… — Nicholas Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I earn my living by teaching film, mostly filmmaking but also teaching courses on current cinema. I'm interested in movies. I hope… — Thom Andersen Copy Share Image
The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
We have to keep in practice like musicians. Besides, there are still potentialities to be realized in color film. To us, it's… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story.… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
It was a conscious decision on my part to take up fewer films. And if you're not seen that often on screen,… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I came to Hollywood to be a movie song-and-dance man just at the time those films were going out of style. — Ken Berry Copy Share Image
I'm in 'Madagascar 2.' I'm Testy the Lion. The franchise moves to Africa, and Bernie Mac is also in the film. I… — Tom Lister, Jr Copy Share Image
Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love. — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Cinema has become my life. I dont mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Whenever I finish a film, I feel that this is the worst film that I have made. This is bound to happen… — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' -… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I love making movies, and being in any that I can be in. I'd like to be in those giant movies, as… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
Innumerable lovers of Hindi cinema have lit up the big screen. But on screen, they are just two beautiful bodies. They have… — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a director; it's just how my mind has always worked. If I hear music, I see music… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not… — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
