Cinema Quotes · Page 128

I don't have a manager or a publicist and am hardly seen at film parties. I am not ambitious.

— Soha Ali Khan

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

— Laura Linney

Doing films and TV together becomes difficult to manage when you have too many things in your hand.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

I want to ensure that I strike a balance between all kinds of films.

— Nushrat Bharucha

Anyone that is able to put a high school film and gonzo journalism together, it's like, "Yes, please!"

— Zoe Kravitz

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

— Meat Loaf

I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.

— Jordi Molla

I've been stealing from the Alien films throughout my entire career.

— Randy Pitchford

I was supposed to direct a film on Gautam Buddha. That didn't work out. A pity, because the entire script had been…

— Manisha Koirala

For John Woo, it is quite difficult to make a movie in Hollywood in his own style. Because Hollywood is based on…

— Alan Mak

I was a film editor for eight years before I made my first feature, 'Dog Soldiers.' I am from Newcastle upon Tyne,…

— Neil Marshall

I kind of end up getting caught up in whatever the rhythm of the movie is and how open the director is…

— Michael Cera

I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in…

— Otto Preminger

I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory…

— Richard D. Zanuck

I am getting good roles in the Telugu film industry. And people are also liking my work. I dub the films myself…

— Sayaji Shinde

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

“MINISTER: All he has done is to find some means of bewitching the intelligence. He has only induced a radical suspension of…

— Angela Carter

Shyam Benegal has found a lovely voice in this film. We've all seen the kind of cinema he's come up with over…

— Boman Irani

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy…

— Crispin Glover

The idea that keeps reappearing in the films I've made is this question about the individual versus the person in a community,…

— Kelly Reichardt

Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes],…

— Andy Serkis

The most terrifying thing I ever saw in a cinema, thanks to the carefully built-up drama, was in the ancient black-and-white film…

— Peter Hitchens

I do like ensemble work. I would like to do a lead role, though. I didn't shy away from that. I'm desperately…

— Allison Janney

When you sit down to write a film, you direct it in your head. If you are writing a scene, you are…

— Leigh Whannell

“When I recall memories, it all seems like a film, not a reality.”

— Rukhsar Din

I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

— Joe Wright

I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to…

— Chad Stahelski

Maybe I should be making more mainstream films if I want to get some money.

— Stacy Martin

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

— Abel Ferrara

But acting is just something I do. It's not a passion like filmmaking is.

— Dileesh Pothan

I would love to do Shakespeare, either onstage or on film.

— John Cho

I remind audiences that I'm in the fortunate position to make a film about my family.

— Yance Ford

That's what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.

— Vin Diesel

I want to make big movies that appeal to a lot of people. That's satisfying to me.

— Steve Antin

If I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

I don't want to be a film star. I don't even want to be a pop star. I just want to live…

— George Harrison

Perhaps I'll work as a director of football. I don't know.

— Antonio Conte

The best compliment for a director is that an audience hates their films.

— Udo Kier

Film is endlessly just beyond your reach. I think that's what I love so much about it.

— Mike Mills