Cinema Quotes · Page 158

Every time I act in something, I learn something about what the director is doing. One feeds the other.

— Griffin Dunne

In a short span of time, I happened to do quality films and managed a good fan-following.

— Navya Nair

Steve Buscemi is the little black dress of cinema, appropriate for any occasion.

— Owen King

I try to balance independent films with commercial films, and I've done a pretty good job of it over the years.

— John Travolta

We shoot in film. This means that we're making our movie during the shooting and not in post-production.

— Alice Rohrwacher

I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.

— Audrey Tautou

Every filmmaker has this short book of films that don't get made - for a whole host of reasons.

— Debra Granik

I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.

— Wong Kar-wai

Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are…

— Kevin Nealon

I always wanted to do something different with each film. So I guess that means that I wanted to not repeat myself.…

— Shraddha Kapoor

The media can make anything true or untrue. So if you do 80 films and you play a bad guy ten times,…

— John Malkovich

I'm not a normal director. You can't look at me that way. What's kept me alive is my technical skill at doing…

— Melvin Van Peebles

I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work…

— Park Chan-wook

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of…

— Robert Wise

You can make amazing sci-fi films if you want to with very, very little money and very advanced technology that can run…

— David Hewlett

Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe…

— Ira Sachs

It sounds so negative of me to say, but I don't feel like there were many coming-of-age films when I was growing…

— Bel Powley

There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make…

— Debra Granik

The acting I got into by doing what we call pantomime, when I was sixteen. And, there were loads of very pretty…

— Peter Mullan

You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of…

— Hayao Miyazaki

On an independent film you're lucky if you get one, but ostensibly the job is the same. There's very little difference, apart…

— Charles Dance

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the…

— Abhishek Bachchan

Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelling is to change…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding…

— Joan Cusack

What is the point of making the film if the man doesn't marry the girl?.

— Yash Chopra

I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.

— Ornella Muti

You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.

— Simon Pegg

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

— John Frankenheimer

I often want to go to the movies and see something that transports you beyond the infinite.

— Jonathan Nolan

I started watching actual movies when I was pretty young.

— Charlie Tahan

The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film.

— Michelle Williams

My films are always a struggle to make and will remain so.

— Shoojit Sircar

As long as you know how to handle yourself, the film industry is probably one of the best places to work in.

— Shriya Saran

I get many scripts and films, but I refuse most of them because I have done such roles before.

— Raveena Tandon

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

— Norman Jewison

“Theater is life. Cinema is art. Television is furniture.”

— Michael Nesmith

If people don't like [my film], the ship's sailed. There's nothing I can do about that.

— Ti West

I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.

— Joshua Leonard

People make great films. I just don't have the eyes to watch them.

— Johnny Depp

What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.

— Joe Pantoliano