Cinema Quotes · Page 178

I'm at the mercy of others because I'm not a director. I'm not a producer. I'm not a writer.

— Julianne Moore

A lot of movies come out and you think, 'Couldn't you have just tried a little harder?'

— Dede Gardner

It was never a conscious decision to stay away from Telugu cinema.

— Tamannaah

I'm a perfectionist, and I very rarely satisfy myself when I come in and watch the film the next day.

— Josh Rosen

I enjoy making all kinds of films. I love action films, war films, period films, adventure films.

— Mani Ratnam

When I began my career, I had films with the biggest film-makers in the country.

— Raveena Tandon

It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.

— Jennifer Coolidge

I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.

— Daniel Craig

There are so many amazing directors I would love to work with, like Christopher Nolan, who is a total pipe dream.

— Italia Ricci

You know, a lot of my favorite moments in old, you know, fiction films or documentaries are the parts that capture things…

— John Wilson

The business of horror movies goes up and down, and people are always like, 'It's working,' 'It's not working,' but generally, I…

— Jason Blum

I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as…

— Glenn Ford

Whenever I see a film or read a book, the only thing which keeps me alive is acting and the fact that…

— Supriya Pathak

Whether you're a cameraman or a director, you should ask yourself every now and then, 'What am I trying to do?' Be…

— James Wong Howe

There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the…

— Joe Wright

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a…

— Galen Rowell

Kati with an I was a New York Times Critics' Pick and I was really happy that it got a run uptown…

— Robert Greene

The studios are nervous on every movie. It never ends, because Marty's movies are so unusual. He doesn't repeat himself, so they…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I first saw Walter Hill's second film, 'The Driver,' as a teenager, late at night on the BBC, quite possibly sitting too…

— Edgar Wright

Cinematography was incredibly foreign to me, so I read as much as I could about it. Once I figured out that it…

— Shane Carruth

It was a fun film. I had a great time doing it. I was looking for a role just like that for…

— Luke Perry

When you're younger you don't care so much, but as you get older you have a family and stuff like that. But…

— Patrick Wilson

“It would mean a good film, the story that you have recounted to me there - but it bears no sort of…

— Agatha Christie

Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be…

— Gary Numan

There are not that many people in the movies today that really make me go out and buy a movie ticket.

— Robert Osborne

Vittorio De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' changed my very idea of cinema.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

Generally, you kiss in a closed room but on a film set you have to do it in front of so many…

— Jitendra Kumar

I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.

— Oliver Stone

If everyone's comfortable, you can pretty much make any kind of movie that the director wants.

— Jeff Fahey

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

— Neil Jordan

All art cinema is not great; some of the films can put you to sleep.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I didn't take all the films that were offered, just those with dignity.

— Katy Jurado

Horror films are the anchovies of the cinema. Either you like them, or you don't.

— George A. Romero

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.

— Steven Soderbergh

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

— Colleen Haskell

The box office performance of a film is instrumental in an actor being perceived as saleable.

— Nushrat Bharucha

I strongly believe film should create conversations around themes we are grappling with as a society.

— Stacy Martin

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I've done lots of films with first directors, so it's not unusual for me.

— John Hurt