Cinema Quotes · Page 230

I don't make films for myself; I make them in order to communicate with an audience.

— Diego Luna

The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing.

— Eric Stoltz

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.

— Sally Field

Everyone's job is invaluable. Film and TV production is collaboration.

— Michaela Watkins

I'm watching a lot of film to see what I can do differently, to see how I can help when I get…

— Markieff Morris

I want cinema to be a part of my life. It's natural for me.

— Richard Linklater

Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.

— Sunidhi Chauhan

Every film that you are doing, you feel it's the best you've done, and you really enjoy it, until you move on…

— Riya Sen

When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive.…

— Emraan Hashmi

You realize true magic of cinema when you put the right people together, at the right time, with the right kind of…

— Jean-Marc Barr

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when…

— Agnes Varda

I don't know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards.…

— Barry Levinson

I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them.

— Oliver Stone

You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people…

— Olivia Wilde

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world.…

— Anonymous

Once I wanted to get into films, I took my time about it because when I first got to Bombay, I gave…

— Kalki Koechlin

The closest encounter I had with films in my childhood was sitting on the lap of my father at a shooting set,…

— Fahadh Faasil

You'll be offered the 'lead' in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, 'a fabulous part' - a fabulous part? A…

— Laura Dern

We've got the prettiest girls in the world here in Los Angeles and there's a great music scene. And I learned what…

— John Carpenter

I love to tell stories, but the making is less comfortable. I like to be private, and being in the middle of…

— Luca Guadagnino

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some…

— Paddy Considine

Writing a good movie brings a writer about as much fame as steering a bicycle. It gets him, however, more jobs. If…

— Ben Hecht

I love independent films. I love going to see them. I love being a part of them because it kind of feels…

— Juno Temple

If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.

— Jennifer Lee

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

— Glenn Close

I watch all kinds of Indian cinema. There are many good films in Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam.

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

— Andre Balazs

'The Room' has never interested me as a film. The reaction interested me.

— Greg Sestero

I appeared in several of Dad's films - at the time, I didn't really appreciate how great a director he was.

— Charley Boorman

I prefer to be a director and a narrator rather than a writer.

— Rajkumar Hirani

Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.

— John Cleese

I want to direct a feature film. Horror is my main genre.

— Petra Collins

The only time I use women in films is when they're naked or dead.

— Joel Silver

Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character.

— Ridley Scott

I'm used to being an actor. Being a director is a lot more work.

— Nick Searcy

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

— Ava Gardner

When they tell me one of my old movies is on TV, I don't look at it.

— Alexis Smith

In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.

— Norman Jewison

I don't want to do only one film a year; I want to work more.

— Aditya Roy Kapur