Cinema Quotes · Page 137

“Expanded cinema isn't a movie at all: like life it's a process of becoming.”

— Gene Youngblood

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.

— Guillaume Canet

As long as we do good films that people connect with, they will work.

— Nithiin

Toy Story One' and 'Three' are among the best films ever made.

— Paul Whitehouse

You have to follow your gut and believe in your film. Nothing else matters.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.

— Colleen Ballinger

There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.

— Felicity Jones

Filmmaking is so much about catharsis anyway. It's therapeutic.

— Ari Aster

Any director who's willing to be brave not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of being emotional and…

— Zal Batmanglij

“You are the director, producer, cameraman, hero, heroine, comedian, etc. You are everything. You don't need anyone to make your life; build…

— Harsh Suthar

I would never say no to anything that sounded interesting! The thing I like about making films is that the adventure just…

— D. A. Pennebaker

I had to get a job, and of course, the job was 'The Godfather.' That made me be something I didn't know…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I grew up on romantic comedies and love watching those films. They were, like, a real joy and a source of great…

— Alice Eve

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to…

— Roger Deakins

When you sit and watch the film with an audience, the focus groups and the cards and all of that is the…

— Christopher McQuarrie

I love Shogun world. It's so beautiful. The performances are beautiful. It's like classic Japanese cinema, with a little 'Westworld' twist.

— Luke Hemsworth

When I got into film school, it really formed a sense of who I am and my sense of feeling like an…

— Meera Menon

I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people…

— Colin Callender

When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to…

— Akira Kurosawa

What's funny is that with my comedies I don't believe they're my best screenplays necessarily. They're just the ones that I wrote…

— Julie Delpy

I'd love to do a Michel Gondry film. That would be ideal! I'd love to do an Almodovar film; you know, I…

— William Moseley

To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was…

— Ben Affleck

There are people - I think this is why there are so many commercial directors doing well in big studio movies, for…

— Ti West

The inter-relationships between people have always fascinated me, as a director. And particularly those who are battlers in life, those who are…

— George Ogilvie

Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki.

— Phillip Noyce

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

I've got to make the movies that I would want to go see.

— Paul Walter Hauser

I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.

— Martin Scorsese

I like to entertain all kinds of audiences with my films.

— Farah Khan

If you have a smaller role, but if you work with a great director, they make it unforgettable.

— Udo Kier

There was a time when I used to enter the film studios in the morning and come out only at night.

— Jeetendra

I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.

— Alicia Silverstone

A director is a director. We shouldn't categorize one into a this or that director.

— Nani

Warhol wanted to put me in a film, but my mother wouldn't let me.

— Patti D'Arbanville

To make a film and to sell it to the distributors you need a name.

— Ajay Devgan

If I have to shoot on digital, I will not make the film.

— Laszlo Nemes

“It’s difficult to really like a film that you didn’t like making.”

— Tuesday Weld

It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.

— Tahar Rahim

'Extreme Prejudice' is the last of the Mohicans. I don't think we'll ever see a film made like that again.

— William Forsythe

I don't think I could make a good film, but I could definitely score a good film.

— Oneohtrix Point Never