Cinema Quotes · Page 134

Independent films are really the best ones out there. They're the most original stories, and they're very good.

— Taika Waititi

Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times.

— Edward Norton

Of all the options I had got, I think whatever films I have chosen to do are best.

— Esha Gupta

There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.

— Boyd Holbrook

I believe that every director's films reflect their lifestyle.

— Takashi Miike

I've never consciously chased a particular kind of a film or role. I choose from what is offered.

— Akshaye Khanna

It was a great experience to work with director A. L. Vijay.

— Keerthy Suresh

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.

— Guy Pearce

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.

— Ryan Gosling

I was delighted with the film [Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth]; it almost made me want to be a…

— Margaret Atwood

I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film,…

— Kelly Reilly

In Tamil or Malayalam, there was a time when light films ruled. Then, a spate of drama or women-oriented stunt films followed.

— Shobana

Yes, films need to make their money back - it's an expensive business, and people need to be paid for what's involved…

— Jason Clarke

I'm just interested in love as a universal theme, and I believe that human feelings and human connections are worthy of cinema.

— Celine Song

Before I go off and direct a movie I always look at 4 films. They tend to be: The Seven Samurai, Lawrence…

— Steven Spielberg

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do…

— Kevin Hart

Three and a half years in L.A. was enough for me. I would love to go back for short bursts if a…

— Darren Boyd

I guess I'm lucky in that I started working very young in all three of the mediums. I started in stage first,…

— Carol Kane

I don't get many good offers. I like to follow the same kind of path I follow in France. If I don't…

— Isabelle Huppert

A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I grew up in the '70s and in Los Angeles during the new blockbuster era. 'Star Wars' was the first film that…

— Giovanni Ribisi

I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know…

— Priyanka Chopra

It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film…

— Karl Urban

But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you…

— Helena Bonham Carter

We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.

— James Iha

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

— Pam Grier

Kaaka Muttai' is the expression of an insider. It is a film about globalisation and its effects.

— Vetrimaaran

Directing a film was a good education. I learned how disgusting actors are.

— Sandra Bullock

I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.

— Donnie Yen

I wanted to be an architect, fate took me to films. Now that I am into politics, I want to give my…

— Roopa Ganguly

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

— Anurag Kashyap

I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

— Park Chan-wook

Many other movies, but for me The Professionals is the best I did in Hollywood.

— Claudia Cardinale

I'm open to exploring different regional cinema also because each language has a different performance drama.

— Pratik Gandhi

I don't really consider myself a horror director or a violent director at all.

— Ryuhei Kitamura

We do not wish to make multiple films but would rather do a few good projects. No run-of-the-mill stuff for us.

— Bhushan Kumar

Basically, theater or film is a dangerous industrial environment.

— John Rhys-Davies

I would love to do a commercial film. But my hero is the script.

— Shweta Tripathi

If you use hand-held techniques just to make the film stylish I think it's wrong.

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I'd love to do action-y types of films; you know, as long as they're good stories.

— Liam Hemsworth