Cinema Quotes · Page 198

Good films demand to be looked at several times in order to be observed completely.

— Jonathan Lethem

If people can see you in a film and not realize it's you until the very end, that's exciting to me.

— Nolan Gerard Funk

I've never made any film that I wouldn't go back and re-edit.

— Michael Mann

I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.

— Ajay Naidu

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

— Jeremy Piven

One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.

— Simon Kinberg

It's not the love affair I have with film, but television can be a playground for interesting ideas.

— Yvette Mimieux

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

— Alan Alda

I'm done with effects movies for now. When you do a movie like 'Transformers,' it can feel like you're doing three movies…

— Michael Bay

I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try…

— Dennis Quaid

I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most…

— Steven Berkoff

It is not a shocker to me that a film went out of my hands, not because I was not credible, but…

— Taapsee Pannu

I grew up with a mom as a director and still didn't believe it could happen for me, because it was so…

— Molly Gordon

I am not the kind of director who sits in a chair smoking a cigar talking with a microphone to 10 assistants.…

— Federico Fellini

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and,…

— John Ford

I like to do what people like to see. It's like when we watch a film, we always watch a film that…

— Arshad Warsi

I remember the first film I reviewed for the Daily was a John Ford Western. I think it was My Darling Clementine,…

— Roger Corman

Film and television are so piecemeal. You do one scene, and then you put it to bed, and then you do a…

— Finn Wittrock

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

'Scary Movie' has lost its way as a franchise. It has turned into 'Disaster Film' and 'Epic Movie' and 'Date Movie' and…

— Marlon Wayans

You've got to do the big studio movies to get your name, but as an actor and for your own well-being you…

— A. J. Cook

hen Baillie [Walsh, writer and director] wrote the movie for me I wasn't doing what I'm doing today, so when we actually…

— Daniel Craig

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that…

— Chika Anadu

When I'm introduced as a two-time Oscar winner, I'm happy that a film of mine has found an audience and some acclaim…

— Alexander Payne

My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.

— John Waters

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.

— Franka Potente

Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

— Lars von Trier

I got into acting to get my foot in the door for film-making.

— Logan Lerman

I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.

— Hansika Motwani

'2.0' is an entirely new thing in Indian cinema, a movie to watch out for.

— Amy Jackson

Film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I do like to go to movies. I like to be in the theater. I like the event of it.

— Jane Lynch

I am always surprised to be chosen by a director for a role because I never understand why they like me.

— Audrey Tautou

Film is the only technology that allows us to share subjectivity with someone else.

— Jason Silva

I try to shoot film wherever possible. There's nothing like it.

— Reed Morano

If there is a chance to do so, I want to work with Stephen Chow in a romantic comedy film.

— Gong Hyo-jin

I can't say I am a great director but I am the greatest audience.

— Sajid Khan

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.

— Scarlett Johansson

I have been offered a lot of films with many big actors, but I have unfortunately declined them.

— Parineeti Chopra

Cinema is ultimately a work of art, it is all about sound and visuals.

— Joy Mathew