Cinema Quotes · Page 171

Play is a medium of word and film is a medium of picture.

— Paresh Rawal

I wouldn't necessarily recommend shooting a feature film on a still camera.

— Zal Batmanglij

I have big plans for UP as far as its film policy is concerned.

— Ravi Kishan

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

— Atom Egoyan

I think that there's a very lucid side in cinema: entering a theater and seeing the film.

— Miguel Gomes

'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.

— Mahesh Babu

If you watch a movie and you feel nothing, what's the point?

— Karl Glusman

If you're a director and someone shows up and asks how I do it, I'd imagine, as a director, you're like, 'Man,…

— Casey Affleck

The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being…

— Ben Affleck

I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world,…

— Jackie Shroff

I guess I'm part of the art house, but we really have to shake up our ideas, because we're kind of self-parodying…

— Peter Mullan

My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for…

— Michael Moore

I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and…

— Ira Sachs

I loved 'Life is Beautiful' and action films are great, like 'Die Hard.' My favourite is the mob film - 'Goodfellas,' 'The…

— Claudia Winkleman

I eat, sleep, and breathe movies. Though I didn't understand the seriousness of films when I made my debut, I felt on…

— Sridevi

I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to…

— Justin Vernon

Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes…

— Jason Reitman

All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and…

— Jean Renoir

Many films you see in theaters are financed through outside sources. With big films, the studio will pay, hoping to reap the…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

“Grietje had chosen a film in 3D for us to see, which was for all of us a new experience: Cars, really…

— Hendrik Groen

My advice to women is the same advice I would give to any young man trying to make it in the business…

— Ondi Timoner

Theater is such a different ballgame than film. And that's really why I stayed in film, because I really love the reality…

— Emmy Rossum

I cannot control what you bring into the theater when you see the film. I can't control what my parents bring in.…

— James Ponsoldt

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.

— Luc Besson

I think that film combines almost every element that makes human life worth living.

— Penelope Mitchell

Nobody sets out to make a bad film - I shouldn't say 'nobody.' Some people certainly don't care.

— Sam Elliott

With independent films, you again get to work with new directors and experiment too.

— Anupriya Goenka

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

— Ang Lee

I do lots of projects in film and TV. You have some that are lucky, and some that are unlucky.

— Steven Knight

OTT release is a wise call, as you can watch a film in the security of your own homes.

— Nikitin Dheer

In our home we have many movie props from old film productions.

— Lydia Hearst

What a director should be doing is making it appear as though there was no script.

— John Hughes

From the outset, I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies.

— George Lucas

Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.

— Chevy Chase

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

— Shia LaBeouf

I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.

— Michael Caine

I look at myself and the films that I will be doing, and that films will create my identity.

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

Memory has a spottiness, as if the film was sprinkled with developer instead of immersed in it.

— John Updike

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

— Cole Porter