Cinema Quotes · Page 205

I am inspired by the films of Pedro Almodóvar, as they are funny, sad, and extremely weird.

— Volker Bertelmann

I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.

— Michael Pitt

I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer.

— James Lipton

“I don't make a film to make people like it. I make a film to make people think”

— Nelofer Pazira

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

— Karthi

Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge.

— Werner Herzog

It is really hard when the actor you pictured can't do the film.

— Rebecca Miller

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

— Michael Caine

So, 50 films, 3 National Awards, 74 plays and serials later, here I am playing Professor Das in JL50,' who understands time…

— Pankaj Kapur

I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring…

— Jonathan Levine

A very, very impressive director, Tomas Alfredson. It's only his second film [ 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'], but he's a real find.

— John Hurt

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used…

— Jeff Daniels

I feel like my job is to give hope. The world is in a dark place and we are living in somewhat…

— Hany Abu-Assad

I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that…

— Haley Bennett

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to…

— Jodie Foster

One thing that the audience, and perhaps critics, aren't aware of is that, especially in a film like 'Moonlight,' you always shoot…

— Mahershala Ali

In the theater the audience is generally riveted to a single angle of observation. The movie director, though, can rapidly shift from…

— Ed Murray

While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It…

— Sidney Lumet

I go to universities to talk to the students and teach them how to watch movies. Movies have so many elements -…

— Andrew Lau

I've ended up as a filmmaker who really loves the movie part of movies. That time in my life was a big…

— Zack Snyder

I think loads of people see acting, when they're kids, as these magical stories that just happen within the context of the…

— Rebecca Hall

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a…

— Drew Barrymore

We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If…

— Brad Bird

I discovered very soon, especially for movies, because I started in theater, that every director has his own universe. You have to…

— Antonio Banderas

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

As a film-maker, it's only natural to feel happy about new possibilities opening up.

— Takashi Miike

I am very happy for the respect shown towards my father, Raj Kapoor-ji, the greatest showman of Hindi cinema.

— Randhir Kapoor

If a film is not doing well, a record company will not take a chance with the score.

— Henry Mancini

The thing about me not doing superhero movies, that's not true at all. Movies are movies. You just go.

— Michael Keaton

I am no glamorous prop waiting to be presented as a showpiece in a film. Filmmakers have to look beyond that.

— Tanushree Dutta

I can't be in a film that I wouldn't like to watch as audience.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

— Diego Luna

Films like 'Pushpa,' 'KGF,' etc., have redefined the way the North looks at South music and films.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I must say that 'A Aa' is the right film for me at the right time.

— Nithiin

I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.

— Joe Pantoliano

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

— Fiona Shaw

After the success of 'Krishnan Love Story,' I have decided to work only on good films.

— Radhika Pandit

I am an actor who gets into a role only when the director says 'action' and gets out of it with 'cut.'

— Mahesh Manjrekar

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my…

— Carter Burwell

I come from a culture where you don’t divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can…

— Mads Mikkelsen