Cinema Quotes · Page 175

I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went.

— David Naughton

Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.

— Dianne Wiest

I never shoot for a film telling myself that I have to make people laugh. I can't even do stand-up comedy.

— Rajpal Yadav

I can never focus on a film because I'm conscious of my performance.

— Hyun Bin

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

— Martin Scorsese

There are a lot of films that come out for kids, and the parents have to suffer through it.

— Steve Carr

I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.

— Shahrukh Khan

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.

— Hugo Weaving

I wasn't really sure about the kind of films I wanted to be a part of. That's when I saw 'Aaranya Kaandam.'…

— Fahadh Faasil

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try…

— Gus Van Sant

I never made films like kind of career moves, like making this film in order to make that film in order to…

— Pawel Pawlikowski

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us…

— Vijay Sethupathi

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the…

— Khaled Hosseini

When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you've been together through a lot and you've exposed your…

— Etgar Keret

The trouble is, the older you get, it's hard to find time to make a film: it's a year to write, a…

— Noel Fielding

When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the…

— Jim Jarmusch

When I was at drama school in the U.K., I was there for two and a half years, and we did one…

— James Callis

Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

We spend more time at cinemas, theaters, art galleries and theme parks than we do at churches, and they have become our…

— Michael Huffington

Some things definitely work better on film than in books. Introspection is great in books but it doesn't work on film. Anything…

— Nicholas Sparks

I, Daniel Blake' is a powerful and moving film. But it is a political polemic and is particularly unfair on the public…

— James Cleverly

A few of my books, over the years, have been optioned for film. The subject matter of my books, however, is not…

— Richard Laymon

Conception of a film starts with the music. Always. I hear the movie before I can ever write it. I would say…

— Cameron Crowe

The perfect equation is form equals content. The style of the film reflects the story, and that's what you're always aiming for.…

— Danny Boyle

I don't think cinema has the power to change anybody's life.

— Naseeruddin Shah

“Photography theory is most often situated between art history, film theory, and communication studies”

— David Bate

My parents weren't involved in show business but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house.

— Alden Ehrenreich

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

— Alfred Hitchcock

Everyone wants a relationship that feels like cinema. Those are the ones that stick.

— Alana Haim

I think it would be great to have more female directors making huge-budget movies.

— Jon Watts

Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.

— Vijay Mallya

I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.

— Tahar Rahim

I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them.

— Angelina Jolie

I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.

— Cillian Murphy

I rather would prefer to see the movie theatrically, which I have the ability to do.

— Joel Silver

All the best movies are the ones that are cut from a more middle ground.

— Kristen Schaal

I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.

— Heath Ledger

I could become a producer because of my film career, the work I did in my 20s.

— Rimi Sen

I don't see scary movies. I've never seen 'The Exorcist' or 'Jaws'.

— Julianna Margulies

When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.

— Park Chan-wook