Cinema Quotes · Page 153

I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing.

— Eric Stoltz

The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with…

— Ben Kingsley

I have done comedy on stage so when I got the chance to do it in cinema, I was extremely thrilled.

— Atul Kulkarni

If I trust a director, I don't even listen to the script.

— Jagapathi Babu

I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?

— Emmanuel Lubezki

I like making films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost into another world.

— David Lynch

Big-budget movies might have huge marketing budgets, but only some films have the content to stand out.

— Vetrimaaran

I'll go do films for three or four months and then I can't wait to go home to LA. And I complain…

— Tobey Maguire

I don't subscribe to the school of thought that as a feature film producer I shouldn't dabble in television, web content, or…

— Adi Shankar

I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of…

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

When I do films, I get off-days. But, in theatre, there are back-to-back shows with non-stop rehearsals. It's too scary a thought.

— Nushrat Bharucha

The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle…

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

There is no doubt that I feel bad when a film flops, but I can't sit back and not take up new…

— Diljit Dosanjh

I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor…

— Sam Mendes

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about…

— Kajol

For the last 10 years, I've felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but I've never understood why.…

— Christopher Nolan

I try to look at the films as I make them from a distance, in a way. I think of them as…

— Panos Cosmatos

Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors. Or, theater is for actors as cinema is…

— Diego Luna

I don't make films, and because I don't make films, I'm not an expert in the craft of bringing a film into…

— Leslie Jamison

Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis left for Amsterdam an Andy Warhol fellow, and came back with a film in her pocket. Please support…

— dream hampton

Maybe it's just a matter of getting older and being aware that the market for medium-budget and low-budget films, which is of…

— Roger Corman

To me, the thing love and cinema have in common is that they are about seeing. The greatest act of love you…

— Guillermo del Toro

“The worst film of a good director is better than the best film of a bad director.”

— Tom Roston

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.

— George Cukor

I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.

— Paul Bettany

Nadunisi Naaigal' is new age Tamil cinema. I have tried to break the rules of regular cinema with this film.

— Gautham Menon

I do like to have a clean slate, especially when you're in indie film.

— Riley Stearns

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.

— Judi Dench

I am conscious that each film I do is in stark contrast to the earlier one.

— Catherine Tresa

Give me a part in a film, and I'll show you I'm not just a heartthrob.

— David Charvet

Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money.

— Paul Morrissey

Having done both commercial and hard-hitting cinema, I can say none of them are easy.

— Taapsee Pannu

Cinema is a platform open to all kind of views and it is very unrealistic to think that everyone can be happy.

— Amrita Rao

I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.

— Danny Boyle

There's this film called 'The Pledge', with Jack Nicholson in it. Now that's a dark film.

— Sriram Raghavan

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I'd like to take my time to decide on a film before giving the nod.

— Regina Cassandra

Sometimes, waiting for too long for the right film may fall flat.

— Arbaaz Khan