If I dream that I'm directing, it's not a film, it's like a commercial for cotton candy, and I've got four feet… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
To me, spending millions of dollars recreating the world's sadness with actors and props and sets - it seems like a kind… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
I have found that so many directors and producers in the room say nothing, and this can be deadly. It's very difficult… — Allison Jones Copy Share Image
When you're making a film, you become incredibly close. It's not like you're filing away papers all day. You're creating with human… — Thora Birch Copy Share Image
After making two big movies 'Chocolate' and 'Goal' with big stars and being completely involved with making ad films as such, the… — Vivek Agnihotri Copy Share Image
I like to make big decisions when I am at home living a routine life, getting up, walking my dog, having breakfast,… — Paul Walker Copy Share Image
My sense is that you can make a film under almost any circumstances. As long as someone has a vague idea of… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
Even before the economic crisis in Greece there was no structure for making films - no proper industry, and the structure didn't… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I take bits and pieces from every director. I'd say Sylvain [White] and Nimrod [Antal]. They were more about teaching me lens… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
The only pressure is the pressure I put on myself, that's up to be I guess to mitigate that. I think there's… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
People would say, "Well yeah, if I wrote action films, if I wrote the trash that you write, I could make millions… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
I think there's always an expectation when you're a first generation, especially a first-generation Nigerian, of sort of being a doctor or… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I wasn't allowed to see movies when I was a child. It was against the religion I was raised in, Fundamentalist Baptist.… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
It's whether they have a vision and whether they're able to communicate it. The best director is just someone who gets over-excited… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been… — Aaron Ruell Copy Share Image
When I get saturated by commercial films, I'll probably do another film like 'Siskiyaan.' But yes, as a viewer, I really enjoy… — Neha Dhupia Copy Share Image
Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of… — Farah Khan Copy Share Image
Dil Raju's first film 'Dil' was with me and we were supposed to work together after that, but it didn't happen. Now,… — Nithiin Copy Share Image
I think one of the hardest things to do in film or TV is to make something feel real, which is weird… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
After doing films like 'Krrish,' 'Bang Bang,' and 'Mohenjo Daro,' 'Kaabil' is one film where you can't lie at all. You can't… — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
I do feel like my music, in some weird way, is probably better suited for cinema than for anything else - I… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Someday, I'd like to sit down with a small group of people, in a relaxed environment, and make a film that feels… — Chris Wedge Copy Share Image
Mostly, I am waiting. Got to finish the edit, I am waiting. Dubbing must get over, I am waiting. Waiting for shoot.… — Thiagarajan Kumararaja Copy Share Image
The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I'm not as eager to go just work to work. I have another life outside of it, and if I'm pretty sure… — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
If I'm going to get overshadowed in a film, it's because of something that I haven't done, not because of what the… — Ileana D'Cruz Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I loved the films where you'd start them and the score might sound really odd at first… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect,… — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
I do the movies just for myself like an institutionalized person who basket-weaves. Busy fingers are happy fingers. I don't care about… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers -… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
You can't intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it's going to come out in the wash, the film… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
'Dark Circles' is a great relationship/character piece and also a horror film. It tinkered with the genre, which I loved. I was… — Johnathon Schaech Copy Share Image
Before each new setup, I chase everyone off the set in order to be alone and look through the camera. In that… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
There was a time when I said, "I'm going to go do a television thing," after doing all these theatrical films, and… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
I've worked with directors who have done it too much, particularly in television, you know, 'okay we got it, let's move on,… — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
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