Cinema Quotes · Page 218

If a film can't excite me and teach me something about life, then it is not worth pursuing.

— Vetrimaaran

I think the really great movies and plays are ones that haunt you or disturb you.

— Karl Glusman

So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.

— Ray Liotta

I would rather make a bad film which does well at the box office than a good film which does badly.

— Sajid Khan

The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.

— Ken Loach

Its nice to have proper film fans respecting and appreciating your work.

— Antonia Thomas

When we watch a film as actors, you have to understand that we always see much more than what's on screen.

— Kunal Khemu

I don't want to work just because I want to be seen or be on the sets where just another film is…

— Kunal Kapoor

When I was a kid it was much more difficult. You're trying to understand what the director wants. It's a learning process.…

— Moises Arias

I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world.

— Todd Haynes

What very often happens when people make films about rich people, the camera is quite mesmerised by the opulence and quite theatrical…

— Tilda Swinton

The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

— Alan Rickman

I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don't get to see them often, and they're a great little form, like a short…

— Sarah Waters

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without…

— Justin Simien

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in…

— Claudia Cardinale

If you are an industry kid, the first film is given to you on a platter. However, the pressure and expectations are…

— Radhika Apte

But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a…

— Daniel Pennac

To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story…

— Edward Zwick

Honestly, on so many levels, I feel like motherhood has prepared me even better for directing than film school because all it…

— Christine Swanson

National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as…

— Peter Weir

I want to be in everything, but that's because I haven't seen someone who looks like me in everything. I want to…

— Danielle Brooks

It was like in the film, when I was actually doing a take and wasn't quite sure of the context, and then…

— Simon Helberg

I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion…

— Guy Pearce

Once you achieve success, you are consumed by the fear of living up to it. Which is why many directors stick to…

— Manivannan

My one guiding rule for success in the film world would be, be careful of your friends.

— Paul Haggis

I'm not real huge on horror films, but there's something really special about this.

— Tyrese Gibson

You can always make a good film but for it to be successful, you need God's blessing.

— Yash Chopra

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

— Ishaan Khatter

My first film was a failure. I had many failures too. It's not easy dealing with it.

— Akshaye Khanna

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

— James Denton

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left…

— Cary Elwes

In the time you make one series of 9-10 episodes, you can make 3 films.

— Jaideep Ahlawat

The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature.

— Kim Jong Il

Within three days of working on a film, you know if it'll fly, be average or be dead on arrival.

— Arshad Warsi

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

— Ang Lee

I'm trying to sign up and do movies that I'll be proud of it. That's kind of how I think about it.

— Robert Pattinson

Sonali Cable' is not a low budget film, it's a normal budget film.

— Rhea Chakraborty

I love films like 'The Matrix' and 'Agneepath,' and I'll continue to like that genre.

— Zayed Khan

In a film, I can show you the beach, the sunset, the roads, while in a play you have to imagine all…

— Paresh Rawal

When you sign up to a film, you sign up to everything that's in the script. I really believe in that.

— Juno Temple