Cinema Quotes · Page 563

For me, architects and film directors operate similarly. They are practical. As an architect, you know what you want in the conception…

— Apichatpong Weerasethakul

I don't watch many films. I just make sure my directors are really good. I will work even with a debut director,…

— Suriya

The last person who was brave enough to cast me was Rahul Bose in 'Everybody Says I'm Fine.' He gave me no…

— Pooja Bhatt

I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.

— Heather Graham

After Frankenstein, I feel as if I want to make a film about somebody having a nice cup of tea.

— Kenneth Branagh

I have always admired the Russian cinema, their incisive storytelling, sharp camera work and brilliant acting in them. Indian filmmakers can learn…

— Victor Banerjee

When I am older, I don't want to look at my films and not be happy about my choices.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

It's a mixed feeling when everything you've ever wanted in making films is coming true, and yet you feel scared because it's…

— Alicia Vikander

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.

— Steven Soderbergh

I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director. Really, it's the director's…

— Jason Reitman

In 2012, I got my first Gujarati film. After that, a lot of things changed for me and for the Gujarati film…

— Pratik Gandhi

After 'Rock On!,' when I started acting, and I sang in the film, people asked me, 'What was the need to sing…

— Farhan Akhtar

In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the…

— Clint Eastwood

Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.

— Ram Charan

Film used to have to be niche and find its audience in a little art house cinema, and TV had to work…

— Paul Bettany

It is very tough to make a short film. It's like writing a short story, which is tougher than writing a novel.…

— Naseeruddin Shah

After joining theatre, I started thinking that acting in films was not half as challenging as theatre.

— Arfi Lamba

I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think…

— Ridley Scott

I had no patience for films. It was only after I met Shah Rukh that I learnt to enjoy his passion for…

— Gauri Khan

When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen…

— Ilaiyaraaja

We can't tell particularly smart stories if we want to keep our audience big enough to pay for these big spectacle films…

— Duncan Jones

The comedy I do on TV came from me being at art school and seeing Gilbert and George films, thinking they were…

— Vic Reeves

There is something so great about film and television where you can convey an emotion in the blink of an eye which…

— Anna Camp

An important film that must be seen. Saving Lincoln is moving, ingenious, original and impressive.

— Michael Medved

The great appeal of film is its relatability.

— Akira Kurosawa

The kind of films I do, people assume that I am not a fashionable person, but I am an urban girl, and…

— Bhumi Pednekar

If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.

— Yann Martel

I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.

— Seth Rogen

Just having more days of being the director on the ground, that's been invaluable.

— Shiri Appleby

I will continue to make films to express my thoughts that come from my observations, from the society we live in.

— Anubhav Sinha

I think when I was getting into directing, or wanting to be a director, when I was a teenager, the two films…

— Edgar Wright

When I started acting, I did many films without even an idea of what the script was about. The film would start,…

— Mohanlal

Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me,…

— Jeff Bridges

Now I'm taking some classes, I'm going to school for film, and I think I'm going to end up back in the…

— Lindsey Haun

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

— Ryan Gosling

When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you…

— Zoe Kazan

I've scored all the movies that Jacques Audiard has directed. It's a long love story between us, trying to find a voice…

— Alexandre Desplat

I've learnt that there's acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition.

— Sarah Snook

I've become a huge fan of small films and realistic roles.

— Bobby Deol

I'm still trying to do films about black women.

— Pam Grier