Cinema Quotes · Page 168

One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.

— Steven Spielberg

My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness

— Andrei Tarkovsky

My father always watches my films and gives his opinion. I am even ready to reshoot at times if he asks me…

— Naga Chaitanya

I do films that affect me, my family, my friends. I need to be affected by what I am showing.

— Mahesh Manjrekar

Every film I've done, I've tried to pick ones where I can learn.

— Adrian Pasdar

I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained…

— William Friedkin

I was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program.

— David Brooks

When we go to the cinema, we bring all of our preconceptions of actors with us.

— Sam Levinson

Let's start doing new and different things that enable us all to grow as a film culture and a community in total.

— Noel Clarke

I went through a period of watching probably too many Bergman films in a row. I felt like I'd discovered the answer…

— Andrew Haigh

It is always good to be cast in films with good stories and content, made by such amazing banners and directors. For…

— Varun Sharma

There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me…

— Antonio Banderas

“You can tell a lot about the intellectual and moral progress of a nation’s citizens, by the quality and nature of the…

— Abhijit Naskar

If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either…

— Ray Romano

Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and…

— Jim Morrison

I've always looked for roles that are different. I've tried to continue to challenge myself as an actor and work in varying…

— Elijah Wood

I see the carpet reflecting that narratological structure of the storytelling, with Scheherazade as the outside frame story on the outside, with…

— Marina Warner

Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A…

— Bruno Dumont

“But they do," he said. "That is the distressing part. They do. The quality--the intellectual or artistic quality--of the films is almost…

— Henry Sutton

Who are these people who are taking these decisions of casting only young actors in films? It is the filmmakers and the…

— Konkona Sen Sharma

If I was continuously and completely doing films, exploring the medium and had the opportunity to do different characters, I probably would…

— Shamita Shetty

The hardware manufacturers, game designers, cable companies and computer companies and, in fact, film studios are going to ensure that this thing…

— Thomas Dolby

Web is going to become very big... The format is different in terms of its storytelling pattern and its duration. Web audience…

— Arbaaz Khan

Sometimes I am more interested in the richness of the material with all the stuff we've done which all tell a story…

— Larry Fessenden

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that directors vision.

— Christine Vachon

I like to make films with characters that resemble real people, about societies that exist.

— Farhan Akhtar

I don't want to restrict myself to one particular genre of films. I like to experiment.

— Regina Cassandra

A person doesn't only give money to watch a film: he also gives his time.

— Mahesh Bhatt

Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite.

— Roman Coppola

The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.

— Tom Clancy

My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors.

— Matt Reeves

I have not done any film where my role didn't make sense.

— Tabu

Even the most humble role, I've always felt really wildly grateful to be getting anywhere in film business.

— Jeremy Davies

I always find another version of myself in each of my films.

— Takashi Miike

I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.

— Francis Lawrence

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a business. You want everyone to make money.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Basically, I was a very serious film fan. I watched a lot of cinema and contemporary and European film.

— Tom Sturridge

I've done a number of films that no one has ever seen, and that's probably a good thing.

— James Badge Dale

I never watched a frame of the film until it was finished.

— Ellar Coltrane

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.

— Owen Wilson