American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema. — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes I want to watch movies both to see what to do and what not to do also. — Etan Cohen Copy Share Image
If you talk to any director, they'll say music is fifty percent of the movie. — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
Film is the art of turning money into light, and light into money. But it begins with money. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way. — Deniz Gamze Erguven Copy Share Image
After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with… — Brian Geraghty Copy Share Image
Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director,… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
“This is Hollywood's dirty little secret. It's not about making movies. Are you kidding? Forget that shit about "the Dream Factory." It's… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
I don't like post-modernism. It's cynical, and takes no discipline - you just copy. It doesn't allow a film to be open… — Luca Guadagnino Copy Share Image
With silent films, you're better off avoiding irony, because the spectator is your accomplice. It's this pact that leads to emotion being… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
My films must let every man, woman, and child know that God loves them, that I love them, and that peace and… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. 'Tangled,' was great. I loved… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when you're working in film, it's this huge machine, and you've got to get everyone right there, so you get kind… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
I pick different projects for different reasons. Usually, it's a combination of things. I admire the director, and I am interested in… — Jennifer Connelly Copy Share Image
What I do as a director is really create a safe environment that everyone can feel very comfortable in and experiment within… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I feel like my job as a storyteller and director is to create an experience where the audience forgets they're in a… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
'Out of Sight' is one of my favorite films ever. Love Steven Soderbergh. 'Goodfellas' was a huge influence on me in terms… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
Look, to be fortunate enough being on a film like 'All Eyez on Me' is an honor and a blessing. — Jamie Hector Copy Share Image
A lot of these big movies are just a collection or a montage of big set pieces. — Kathleen Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I'd seen all of John Hughes's movies. All the Spielberg stuff. A bunch of '80s horror, like 'Evil Dead.' — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
I have a particular taste, I do films according to it and promote it accordingly. — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with — Sophie Marceau Copy Share Image
I think of 'The Hobbit' as more like a boy's own film, like those annuals from the 1930s and 1940s. — Mark Hadlow Copy Share Image
My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them! — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I will surely love to direct a film. It could be a short film as well. — Akshara Haasan Copy Share Image
I just try to make the best film possible, and once the movie's done, we deal with the DVD. — John Singleton Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds. — Alex Lawther Copy Share Image
It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image