Cinema Quotes · Page 229

Give me a part in a film, and I'll show you I'm not just a heartthrob.

— David Charvet

Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money.

— Paul Morrissey

Having done both commercial and hard-hitting cinema, I can say none of them are easy.

— Taapsee Pannu

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I'd like to take my time to decide on a film before giving the nod.

— Regina Cassandra

Sometimes, waiting for too long for the right film may fall flat.

— Arbaaz Khan

I am conscious that each film I do is in stark contrast to the earlier one.

— Catherine Tresa

Nadunisi Naaigal' is new age Tamil cinema. I have tried to break the rules of regular cinema with this film.

— Gautham Menon

Compared to a novel, a film is like an economy pizza where there are no olives, no ham, no anchovies, no mushrooms,…

— Louis de Bernieres

There are many movies that have done it very badly. The studios have gone for quick profits and audiences are feeling angry.…

— Michael Bay

I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a…

— Laura Dern

I don't think it's right to define films as commercial or art house. What's important is that a film evokes a certain…

— Saqib Saleem

Narrative cinema is just an imitation of life. Why would you prevent yourself and the audience of the same images, of the…

— Gaspar Noe

The idea of being in a hugely successful movie that I don't like would be just as bad as being in a…

— Ryan Phillippe

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create…

— Paul Greengrass

I've done some of my best work in films that fell right through the cracks, so I try to not make career…

— Sissy Spacek

We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

I've seen plenty of films where the projector broke. The problems that we have in the digital age are exactly the same…

— Joss Whedon

I did a few documentaries as co-director and cameraman. I started off shooting a film about the war in Rhodesia. Then I…

— Roger Deakins

Usually you talk about directors in terms of the way they choose camera lenses or a kind of light to create a…

— Michael Patrick Jann

You had to knock the doors of the great directors and producers; of course I needed the work and was desperate for…

— Anu Malik

Find other women to make movies with that have a shared bottom line. I did that with my first film and found…

— Meera Menon

Normally I'm watching people become actors in the process of making the film. It's very important you have a lot of respect…

— Celine Sciamma

To make films like 'X-Men' work commercially - and also have some class - is one of the hardest things there is…

— Hugh Jackman

I do like to have a clean slate, especially when you're in indie film.

— Riley Stearns

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.

— Judi Dench

If I trust a director, I don't even listen to the script.

— Jagapathi Babu

I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?

— Emmanuel Lubezki

I like making films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost into another world.

— David Lynch

Big-budget movies might have huge marketing budgets, but only some films have the content to stand out.

— Vetrimaaran

I have done comedy on stage so when I got the chance to do it in cinema, I was extremely thrilled.

— Atul Kulkarni

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.

— George Cukor

I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.

— Paul Bettany

“The worst film of a good director is better than the best film of a bad director.”

— Tom Roston

You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that…

— Ajay Devgan

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I never hired a PR agency in my life, nor do I believe in promoting and marketing my films.

— Rekha

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with…

— Ben Kingsley

I want to do only those films which come from a real place.

— Parvathy

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

— Tom Hooper