Cinema Quotes · Page 179

The way that I deal with actors as a director is I just talk to them forever before we even arrive on…

— Sam Levinson

Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?

— Kate Hudson

I just want to do films which I enjoy doing and the audience will too like it watching.

— Bobby Deol

Every film is a new adventure, and I always meet new cast and crew members that blow my mind.

— Gabriel Campisi

I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

“The filmmaking process taught me that I need to be authentic—in my scripts and in real life.”

— John Grooters

Every film that I have done has been woman-centric, because I am in it.

— Kajol

I lead a unique existence as someone who is famous for being young on film, or young in the minds of everyone.

— Ralph Macchio

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw…

— Giovanni Ribisi

I don't believe in women-centric films, but I certainly believe that we should create films that have more challenging roles for women…

— Kiran Rao

I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really…

— Imtiaz Ali

I know my responsibilities as an actor and am aware that it is equally important to promote my films as to act…

— Radhika Pandit

Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think…

— Asia Argento

I think you tend to try, during the time you've got off, to forget about the film. It was such a total…

— Rosamund Pike

Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you…

— Ang Lee

I believe one has to excel in one or all three of the following spheres of activity: Sports, education and cinema. If…

— Shatrughan Sinha

I'm curious and you know, I really think cinema is strong medium that allows you to go to so many different mental…

— Isabelle Huppert

My mother worked all of her life, she was a dance teacher and I also noticed, to be honest, that most of…

— Garry Marshall

You can’t take everything on. That’s why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I don’t…

— David Fincher

In my world, when I'm making work, when I go to my core group of people that I've been going to for…

— Kelly Reichardt

Whenever I go to any particular event, people are shocked that I'm a fighter. To be a fighter, I have to look…

— Ritika Singh

There are movies that I love tonally, that I would love to emulate. Anything from Wes Anderson or the Coen brothers is…

— Sam Huntington

Most ideas remain inside you for a while. You tell somebody when there is a spark or a thought, and leave it…

— Mani Ratnam

You learn so much from making mistakes, not even necessarily mistakes that I've made, a lot of the time the films just…

— Josh Hartnett

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

— Oliver Stone

Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.

— Jay Duplass

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

— Michael Gambon

The kind of stories I like often comes from debutant directors.

— Abhay Deol

Out of the 450-500 films that I've done, I have probably watched 10 of them.

— Ranjeet

Slumdog Millionaire has been a great achievement. It has opened the doors of Hollywood for Indian cinema.

— Payal Rohatgi

I know every film is different. Every filmmaker is different and works differently.

— Rachel Maddow

For me, cinema is very important. I grew up with television; then, as a teenager, you discover cinema.

— Juergen Teller

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

— Mark Gatiss

I don't only cater a film to the male audience but also the female audience.

— Pooja Bhatt

Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more.

— Martin Scorsese

Most films go out like skydivers who have had their chutes packed by a committee of blind schizophrenics.

— William Monahan

The films that excite me most tend to be the films that seem like voices that we haven't heard of before.

— Lee Isaac Chung

When I came back to Hindi cinema, I realized a generation had forgotten me completely.

— Chunky Pandey

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others

— Guillermo del Toro

“Video games are the 10th art, and films are the 7th, period.”

— Kimberly Loskov