Cinema Quotes · Page 143

'The Room' has never interested me as a film. The reaction interested me.

— Greg Sestero

I appeared in several of Dad's films - at the time, I didn't really appreciate how great a director he was.

— Charley Boorman

I prefer to be a director and a narrator rather than a writer.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I'm watching a lot of film to see what I can do differently, to see how I can help when I get…

— Markieff Morris

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.

— Sally Field

Everyone's job is invaluable. Film and TV production is collaboration.

— Michaela Watkins

If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.

— Jennifer Lee

I want cinema to be a part of my life. It's natural for me.

— Richard Linklater

I want to have fun. Big Hollywood films can be fun, but you know it's an industry, and if you don't function,…

— Udo Kier

I've realised there's no point in doing redundant scripts and wasting days of your life on a film you don't enjoy making.

— Zayed Khan

I will do all genres. I will do intense roles, along with the kind of films that I have grown up watching,…

— Taapsee Pannu

For me, competition is good; that is what keeps me on my toes and keeps me going. I am always trying to…

— Deepika Padukone

In my own experience, the scripts that I wrote, if they didn't go within two years and become a film, they never…

— Brian Helgeland

If you thought it was impossible for a film to contain less effective comedy than Date Movie, here's evidence to the contrary.

— James Berardinelli

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can…

— Ken Burns

There's not enough black films out there. There's not enough Latin films, or films that have an Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern…

— Kat Graham

The film medium is some sort of magic. I think also it's a magic that every frame comes and stands still for…

— Ingmar Bergman

Noon-day sunshine cinema-ized the site, turning the bridge and the river into an over-exposed picture. Photographing it with my Instamatic 400 was…

— Robert Smithson

The thought of filming in London was a big draw because I could stay in my house. I read it, and I…

— Simon Pegg

Action is cool but it's all down to the director's interpretation at the end of the day, so you have to serve…

— Joey Ansah

“The film is an iconic pop-culture creation and touches a bazillion filmgoers to their very core. It can also be very useful.…

— Olivia Munn

Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense…

— Joshua Leonard

Don't be afraid to ask for what you need to get the story you want. Be yourself and be informal. Forming trusting…

— Ivy Meeropol

I wanted to do journalism, as I was an idealist. Then, in my second year of journalism, I realized that in real…

— Nithya Menen

Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.

— Sunidhi Chauhan

I love Bollywood films, but I have been trained in independent cinema.

— Sarita Choudhury

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

— Ruben Fleischer

I don't really make a lot of money from the films that I make.

— Stacy Martin

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

— Eli Broad

I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do.

— George Lucas

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.

— Martin Scorsese

Some of them are good while some are rubbish! But I am grateful for all my films.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

As beautiful as cinema is, it's a massive part of the problem of why we look at ourselves in the way we…

— Florence Pugh

I would love to do realistic films that are entertaining.

— Tamannaah

In Chile they have no movies. They have awful popular movies. I am not a Latin American creator.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

I was frustrated. I was doing some bad movies, movies that I knew going in were not going to be great.

— Joan Chen

It's great to go to the cinema and have a conversation about something that is almost taboo.

— Holly Hunter

What I'm doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions.

— Mel Gibson

Films are made for audience's appreciation but films are also made for artistic satisfaction.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

Most actors who direct do it because they've been directed by so many bad directors.

— Adrian Pasdar