Cinema Quotes · Page 200

There is certainly no formula of making a successful film, but there are means to make a sensible film.

— Dimple Kapadia

There are two kinds of directors in the theater. Those who think they are God and those who are certain of it.

— Rhetta Hughes

When I make music and I'm talking on records, it's like I'm painting a picture. In my mind, I'm seeing a film.

— Rick Ross

The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more.

— M. Night Shyamalan

All I'm doing is being in films that I would watch if I wasn't in this industry.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I don't like to stagnate. I'd get bored doing similar films.

— Catherine Tresa

I said yes to a Gujarati film because I loved the script.

— Supriya Pathak

Each director maintains a different personality. Either you get along, or you don't.

— Jason Statham

I came from modelling industry so I am part of fashion industry. It is not that I hated being part of glamorous…

— Lara Dutta

I am passionate about cinema in general. Eventually, I am making films for people to watch and enjoy, but somewhere, I have…

— Varun Dhawan

There's three 'Silence of the Lambs' movies, and Hannibal Lecter is the through line, but they're not directly connected.

— Ti West

I want to work with great directors. I've picked films based on the script or the character and seen them collapse because…

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

I like film, and I like Broadway; I just love performing, so whatever God has for me, I'll be happy to just…

— Shanice Williams

From the moment you show someone making a decision on film, you judge that moment and that starts to build your point…

— RaMell Ross

A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our…

— Mahesh Babu

I have a hard time with films that I feel like I can predict every twist or turn they take from the…

— Marielle Heller

Some of the subject matters that I like to make stories about are definitely not inherently commercial. So I have to look…

— Debra Granik

The audience for 'Lootera' is far less than for my other kind of films. Just because I pulled it off doesn't mean…

— Sonakshi Sinha

I went through a phase of deep introspection. I realised that while doing films back to back, I was getting burnt out…

— Amala Paul

I work in film, TV, commercials and do live PR stunts for companies. A lot of my time is spent reading scripts…

— Steve Truglia

I always seek to mobilize, to call on the imagination of the spectator. It's well-known that the images that are created by…

— Michael Haneke

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I went to Rwanda with my wife who had been going for the past three summers. She is an art therapist who…

— Lee Isaac Chung

When you're filming, you're blind. But if you follow what really moves you, then you operate from a place of hope: maybe…

— Sebastian Lelio

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

— Salli Richardson

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

— Alexander Payne

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

— Naga Chaitanya

You work hard making independent films for fourteen years and you get voted best breasts.

— Scarlett Johansson

Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king.

— John Waters

I knew when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a director and that I wanted to go to NYU…

— Amandla Stenberg

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

— Arnon Goldfinger

Foremost is the casting; you need convincing faces. Most of our films suffer from casting.

— Shoojit Sircar

You finish a film and you think, 'If I could just make the film again I could do a much better job.'

— Rob Minkoff

What I'd like is to act on film. I'd really like to act.

— Ken Berry

I do not want to waste my time by counting films of other producers as I have better things to perform.

— Mahesh Manjrekar

But I'm not, I'm legitimate, I'm a legitimate character actor of the theatre and film.

— William Hartnell

I always loved watching movies because I loved what certain moments inside of films did to me.

— Jason Silva

Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather.

— Andrea Arnold

A film can open hearts and minds that have been closed, for whatever reasons.

— Vanessa Redgrave

I would want to believe that every film I do turns out to be the turning point of my career.

— Vicky Kaushal