Cinema Quotes · Page 177

I don't see myself as a short-film director, and I'm not a commercial director.

— Sean Baker

I assisted on a lot of films outside my dad's company. I only did two of his films.

— Arjun Kapoor

It is disappointing to find that music in Malayalam cinema is drifting away from its strong melody-base.

— Vidyasagar

Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.

— David Strathairn

Being a part of memorable movies has always been the goal.

— Dulquer Salmaan

I don't think enough directors know enough about editing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.

— Michael Pena

As an actor I don't have a problem with any kind of films.

— Joy Mathew

That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some…

— Robert Englund

As a director, I'm not the one animating every frame, every shot. I'm moving around like a surgeon on rounds, or a…

— Henry Selick

You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.

— M. Night Shyamalan

Something like small English films were in vogue you had something like The Crying Game and everyone piled into London and wanted…

— Eric Fellner

I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first…

— Jonah Hill

When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if…

— Gayle King

In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they…

— Bruce Beresford

I have been thinking of many subjects to work around football, but nothing has inspired me. 'Sports' is a good subject. But,…

— Shoojit Sircar

Hollywood is the perfect conduit for the urgent message about climate change. We raise awareness all the time. We routinely take a…

— Marshall Herskovitz

I've learned that I can't do it all at once. So, you have to figure out your angle of attack. Coming in…

— Columbus Short

Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can…

— Stephen Daldry

The way a film can change over the generations... You watch a movie when you're 20 years old, and you see the…

— Andy Wachowski

I have thus decided to make a certain film and now begins the complicated and difficult-to-master work. To transfer rhythms, moods, atmosphere,…

— Ingmar Bergman

Theater is completely different from film or television. It has a beginning and a middle and an end and it's different every…

— Richard Dreyfuss

I firmly believe that emotions are universal, and I know that when they connect with the audience, it works. There is no…

— Karan Johar

All the actor does is, he tries to get as many takes as he can out of the director that day. So…

— Martin Short

Film is not as exhilarating, not as physically, mentally, or spiritually challenging, as theatre.

— Joseph Fiennes

I think if I had a choice, I'd like to be in a film with De Niro.

— Farhan Akhtar

I like stuff like 'Top Gun.' I like horror films. I love them.

— Adrian Lewis

I would love to compose for an entire film because it will be a different experience.

— Mohit Chauhan

Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8,000 movies.

— Trieste Kelly Dunn

It's nice to have proper film fans respecting and appreciating your work.

— Antonia Thomas

The first must that any director has is to not force his public.

— Sergio Leone

If you listen to a score from beginning to end, you should envision the entire film in your head.

— Michael Giacchino

I don't get stressed out about my films because the box-office collection is not in my control.

— Prabhu Deva

If you want to make good movies, one has to take a step to create these.

— Binnu Dhillon

I always used to tell others that 'we should make films to make the people happy.'

— Karunas

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.

— Cate Blanchett

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

— Alan Arkin

After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different.

— Billy Bob Thornton

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I'm not a superhero fan. I don't see those films. I'm not interested.

— Ewan McGregor