Cinema Quotes · Page 264

I always make sure my film benefits my producer and earns him a profit.

— Anil Ravipudi

There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to…

— Ryan Gosling

Films are never meant as solutions; they just provide entertainment value.

— Aparshakti Khurana

You want every film that you make to do well, not just indie films in general.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

Being on a film set, it's mind-numbing. It's like torture.

— Hugh Grant

Architecture exists, like cinema, in the dimension of time and movement

— Jean Nouvel

My life, my reading, everything about me revolves around the cinema. So for me, cinema is life, and vice-versa.

— Sergio Leone

When people see what real 3D looks like, they'll go, "Oh, that's why I spend an extra $5 a cinema ticket. That's…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema…

— Anurag Kashyap

For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

— John Woo

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going…

— Doug Jones

I am pleased about making a comeback in Bollywood, but then I really cannot think about leaving South Indian cinema. Whatever I…

— Tamannaah

For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at…

— Dominic Cooper

When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually…

— Heath Ledger

From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African…

— Ridley Scott

Nine times out of ten, I'm trying to meet someone else's expectations, whether it's the director or the writer or the animator,…

— Adrian Pasdar

The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio…

— James Gray

The biggest thing I've noticed with some of my favorite directors is their gift of sticking a bunch of strangers in a…

— Alison Pill

My taste comes from when I was 12 years old and saw Genesis or Laurie Anderson or some performance artist who had…

— Robert Lepage

I don't think it's so important to be a movie director. It's a beautiful profession, but no more than to be a…

— Jesus Franco

I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one -…

— Michael Douglas

I was interested in theatre and media and came to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film industry would…

— Imtiaz Ali

My pay packet is reasonable. But I prefer doing films where I have a meaty role. The set-up of the film and…

— Priyamani

We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

— Martin Bashir

What's odd is that I've never been asked to do any comedy in film. That's something I could certainly do.

— Richard McCabe

I'm either going to have the career I want doing films, or I'll do something else - I'll be gone.

— Matthew Fox

You're not going to learn about acting on TV and in film. You'll learn more in plays and in class.

— Andrea Navedo

I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.

— Bipasha Basu

After 'Gangaajal,' I did not take another Hindi film and shifted focus to Marathi cinema.

— Mohan Joshi

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

— Richard Linklater

When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film.

— Francois Truffaut

'Baahubali' has done to Indian cinema what 'Star Wars' has done to America.

— Rana Daggubati

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it…

— Christopher Hampton

I think content-driven cinema is appealing in terms of even money-making.

— Tulsi Kumar

I am not closed to any new ideas. But films are my first love.

— Tabu

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

— Tom Hooper

I'm drawn to people rather than mediums - directors, writers, actors.

— Tom Sturridge

I would definitely love to do Hindi films but I'll choose films carefully.

— Akhil Akkineni

I enjoy making feature films, but I'd rather be in a good TV series than mediocre movies.

— Tim Matheson