Cinema Quotes · Page 239

I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do.

— George Lucas

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

— Eli Broad

I love Bollywood films, but I have been trained in independent cinema.

— Sarita Choudhury

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

— Ruben Fleischer

Some of them are good while some are rubbish! But I am grateful for all my films.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.

— Martin Scorsese

Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film.

— Rutina Wesley

Sometimes you want to use the music in a clarity way to explain something in the film.

— Howard Shore

If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I…

— Abbas Kiarostami

When we make political films, there are people with political opinions. They try to discredit you and run you down.

— Vivek Agnihotri

I think most of my films all have a certain tone or intensity in them. They are tense, and you kind of…

— Susanne Bier

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that it's so hard for the director to…

— John Frankenheimer

Horror films are art, it's all make believe. It's great if a filmmaker can try to push boundaries and see how much…

— Tom Six

My zombie films were all sort of satirical, with political messages. So I was doing them inexpensively and quietly off in left…

— George A. Romero

I'm connected to a Wesley Snipes, and I'm connected to Giancarlo Esposito because of the history of films that we've all been…

— John David Washington

There's no one type of film that I like watching. I loved 'Tropic Thunder' and the first 'Austin Powers,' and then 'The…

— Stana Katic

Music is so incredible, the most healing force in the world along with love of course which all things are created and…

— Giuseppe Andrews

There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no…

— Alex Stapleton

I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of fun…

— David Labrava

The little town I was brought up in, I'd go to the film society to these very extreme sorts of films that…

— Roger Deakins

Cinema ceases to be passive and becomes active: you, the audience, are now, in some senses, in charge of the filmmaking process.…

— Peter Greenaway

Film has become a very passive experience, but with theatre, there is a contract made with the audience, where they participate. That's…

— Joe Wright

I totally agree. I hate knowing too much when I'm going to the cinema and watching as a viewer. I don't want…

— Keira Knightley

Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because…

— Frank Ocean

I want my films to be very tactile, visually and sonically.

— Panos Cosmatos

You can make 10 films when you read the papers every day.

— Samuthirakani

As a director, you can transform your vision more with the music.

— Fatih Ak?n

I always was a great fan of Malayalam cinema, Sathyan in particular. I loved their understated acting.

— Y. G. Mahendran

Ang Lee - he is amazing. I think doing a film with him would be breathtaking.

— Henry Golding

There’s nothing like a good ol’ film light in a fogged up studio.

— Harald Zwart

Where can I earn money if not from my work? We do some films for money and some for creative satisfaction.

— Dimple Kapadia

I've been in various roles in TV - writer, producer, associate director.

— Smriti Irani

You are likely to make more mistakes with a light-hearted film than a serious one.

— Ram Gopal Varma

People ask me, 'What's your next film?' And I never know.

— Christopher Guest

I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.

— Tippi Hedren

I think, whoever is making great films in whatever language is likely to do well.

— Sargun Mehta

It's great working with directors and with somebody else's vision.

— James Iha

I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.

— Anonymous

Going to the cinema with my Grandma does me the world of good.

— Leah Williamson

One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.

— Stanley Kubrick