Cinema Quotes · Page 190

I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better.

— Joe Dante

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on campuses. Those places are all gone.

— Richard Linklater

Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers.

— Peter Greenaway

I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.

— Ja Rule

I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and…

— Steven Spielberg

I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.

— Nicolas Roeg

I never thought my first role in a film would be a grandmother.

— Sasha Pivovarova

My approach to selecting a film is very simple - it should touch my heart.

— Sridevi

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible…

— Peter Weir

There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to…

— Peter Hedges

There are certain battles that are worth fighting for and we should just keep making the films that are important and relevant.

— Kabir Khan

How my film career happened, I don't know. It was unplanned. I'd been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early…

— John Hurt

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

— Bill Paxton

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it…

— Jordan Peele

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding…

— Walter Murch

I wrote a comedy, which hopefully [Rick director] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of…

— Daniel Handler

I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... but after making those…

— Daniel Espinosa

It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able…

— Asghar Farhadi

I am a huge fan of movies. It is my favorite thing during downtime. I get completely lost in films. I find…

— KT Tunstall

“Rather than attack the Christian faith directly, many films undermine foundational Christian principles, including the human need for salvation. These films present…

— Douglas Beaumont

There are sayings and mantras that sometimes occur in filmmaking discussions, and one of them is that sometimes filmmaking is an olive…

— Debra Granik

Pittsburgh, for a while, became a production centre. There was one $400 million year. Hollywood was bringing productions in there. Films like…

— George A. Romero

One indie film does well, for example a 'Bheja Fry,' that gets money for another 20 indie projects. But as soon as…

— Ranvir Shorey

It's important to be seen in different films and banners.

— Varun Sharma

I care a lot about who I'm working with as directors and other actors.

— Stephan James

When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.

— Q-Tip

When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.

— Eddie the Eagle

Everyone wants their film to do well and I am no different from them.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I've been blissfully ignorant about the result of my films and don't get swayed by success or failure.

— Nithya Menen

I always believe that it is his hard work that pays for a film's success.

— Vijay Antony

I want to make films with a broad scope; produced in Italy but looking at the world.

— Ginevra Elkann

As far as behind the scenes, I absolutely want to get into making my own films and producing my own things.

— Allison Mack

The script is what you've dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with.

— George Lucas

I don't understand how people do so many films at the same time. For me, two films a year.

— Nana Patekar

I was always interested in movies the way everyone is interested. That is, I liked to go to the movies

— Ethan Coen

I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I do genre films because I like them, or because I need the money.

— Robert Englund

Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.

— Doris Day

A simple love story can be made into an interesting film if the film-maker can think differently.

— Kay Kay Menon