Cinema Quotes · Page 166

I was extremely nervous during my first film, even my second film.

— Tripti Dimri

More than comparing with somebody else, I'd prefer comparing my own work from film to film.

— Keerthy Suresh

I want to do films that are genre-based and character-based.

— Rana Daggubati

I'm going to write films, star in films, direct films. Write records. Perform live.

— Michael Pitt

I still really love acting. I find it really challenging. And I really love film; it's a lot of fun.

— Steve Zahn

American cinema is international like the fairy tales were international.

— Anonymous

Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films.

— Emily Blunt

I grew up on R-rated action films, and you didn't blink.

— Rob Liefeld

I think film is first and foremost entertainment. But, all forms of entertainment throughout history have always produced works that last and…

— Christopher Nolan

I started modelling from the age of 16, and within three years, I was bored and decided to shift to films. But…

— Sushmita Sen

In my career, since people have appreciated my performance on television for years, even casting directors trust that I am capable of…

— Sunil Grover

“Films are not primarily an entertainment medium. They are weapons. If you understand that, then you are ready to pursue filmmaking as…

— Isaac Botkin

I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a…

— Dakota Blue Richards

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And…

— Irrfan Khan

I'm a little older and I'm gonna do a bunch more movies and then they're gonna put me in a home for…

— Garry Marshall

I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

— Agnieszka Holland

When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult,…

— Steven Spielberg

If I go back to when Borat and Ali G. were doing it, they were more just TV, cinema, TV, cinema. Whereas…

— Michael Dapaah

“It's taken me a white to get here, but in a way, it feels more pleasing, because I've had periods that haven't…

— Tom Hiddleston

At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What…

— Ferran Adria

I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

I was in a position where I was going to wait for the 'Inbetweeners' film to come out before I decided what…

— James Buckley

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of corporations. The people who determine what American…

— William Friedkin

I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that…

— David Cronenberg

How you communicate while criticising a film is important. Don't pass any hurtful remarks.

— Rajinikanth

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

— David Oyelowo

Making a movie is not easy, not something you do for fun. To me at least.

— RaMell Ross

TV's job is to make you lean in, and a film's job is to make you lean back.

— Greg Berlanti

The first two projects I did out of my dorm room were mock film soundtracks.

— Danger Mouse

I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that.

— Ridley Scott

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

— Denzel Washington

I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film.

— Matthew Vaughn

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

— Abbas Kiarostami

Initially, I used to say yes to any film without giving it a second thought, which I shouldn't have done.

— Aditya Pancholi

In film, I like transformation. That goes for the language, for the image, for the performance.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

— Ray Harryhausen

Apocalyptic movies tend to thrive when people are concerned about the state of the world.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

If you don’t want to be scared in a horror film, don’t close your eyes. Close your ears.

— Eli Roth

If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous.

— Phyllida Lloyd

Initially, I got into the business to do drama. I never really thought I would be doing sci-fi films.

— Cole Hauser