Cinema Quotes · Page 252

When I am making a film, it's very instinctive, it's not preset.

— Mani Ratnam

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea.

— Lenny Kravitz

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

— Sai Pallavi

You don't have any credibility unless you are working on 12 films at the same time.

— Saeed Jaffrey

I am not that ambitious to do films. I am very happy and secure doing TV.

— Kratika Sengar

After joining theatre, I started thinking that acting in films was not half as challenging as theatre.

— Arfi Lamba

I myself have been an underdog. I never got anything easy in the film industry.

— Sudha Kongara

“It's not like in the movies. It's better, because it's real.”

— Jenny Han

It might be easy to identify me as so-and-so's son, especially to begin with, but you only get that one first film,…

— Dulquer Salmaan

Everyone gets a raise when they do well. No one asked me what I got for my initial films. There was a…

— Rakul Preet Singh

You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of…

— Farah Khan

Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's…

— Shekhar Kapur

Throughout whatever I do, I always just say "Director" first. I am directing the storylines and I'm creating what it is.

— Shane Dawson

It's important to be vigilant at all stages of the making of a film. The theme of a work should be represented…

— Maimouna Doucoure

I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can…

— Spike Lee

The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your…

— Jay Duplass

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

— Manivannan

Whatever field you can do that, that's where you want to do it, and I think that's why people like David Fincher…

— Charlize Theron

“For all the talk about the merging of film and video game, and for all its inevitability, perhaps the secret of true…

— Devin C. Griffiths

At 17, I went to an engineering college, the entire reading was about fluid mechanics and steam engines and what not, so…

— Anubhav Sinha

I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a…

— Ric Roman Waugh

I had never done a Director's Cut narration on Beaches so I did in time for the release of the DVD. It…

— Garry Marshall

Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt…

— Simon Pegg

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has…

— John Lasseter

Film isn't a meritocracy; there's no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. It's a hustle.

— Jon Ronson

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

— John Grierson

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.

— Eli Roth

Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.

— Ram Charan

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

— Lesley Manville

That's the beauty of short films; their strength lies in delivering a message creatively and simply.

— Sanam Saeed

When it comes down to it, I'm still in love with film - I'm a cinephile.

— Sean Baker

Film is where I want to end up, but I don't want to let go of theatre.

— Viva Bianca

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

— Samantha Morton

I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business.

— Jason Blum

As far as cinema is concerned, I want to do something huge. I want to be recognised everywhere I go.

— Sudeep

“Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.”

— Julius J. Epstein

Films have always been my passion and I enjoy watching different kinds of cinema.

— Manoj Kumar

History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.

— Steven Spielberg

The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.

— Stephen Rea

The film business has so many twists and turns that its a miracle any film gets made.

— Peter Hambleton