Cinema Quotes · Page 265

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

— Roman Polanski

As the death of the middle class of film has happened, it has been re-birthed in television.

— Mark Duplass

Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them.

— Hugo Weaving

I used to watch several films a day when I was a kid. This made me think about taking up acting as…

— Sangeetha Krish

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

— Saffron Burrows

I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter.

— Julie Harris

You give a hundred percent of yourself to a film and then move on.

— Zeenat Aman

As far as art and filmmaking is concerned, I don't see there's any separation; it's just one continuous thing.

— Steve McQueen

'Newhart' ran the longest, and it was great to have a regular role, but I run into a lot of film fans,…

— William Sanderson

Since the Indian film industry is one of the oldest, and I have grown up admiring all the movies, especially the classics…

— Mahira Khan

I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed…

— Al Jourgensen

It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure…

— Jean-Pierre Melville

During prom season, I travel around the country with a 20-by-24 camera - which is logistically complicated - and photograph proms. My…

— Mary Ellen Mark

Every film I believe takes something from you or you end up giving something to it and 'Kosha' gave me the opportunity…

— Prachi Desai

I had a really hard time in Orange County. I was a nerd. I was watching foreign cinema when I was 13…

— Pedro Pascal

The only way independent cinema can come out of its own rut is by learning to be more consistent. An indie filmmaker…

— Ranvir Shorey

How I'm portrayed in films has more to do with the filmmaking and what they need in the story than anything else.…

— Alex Honnold

I start everything from the same place, with that sense of responsibility. On a bigger movie, you have to be aware that…

— Kristen Stewart

I have a music-video background, and I feel like the responsibility of a music-video director is to do something that hasn't been…

— Ruben Fleischer

For me, two of my favourite science fiction films are Blade Runner, which is fantastic, and Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. Both of…

— Duncan Jones

I am very critical! I hate watching myself but I know I have to because I'm going to be asked so I…

— Daniel Radcliffe

“His mind wandered, seeking other examples. People—particularly older ones—still spoke of putting film into a camera, or gas into a car. Even…

— Arthur C. Clarke

The true marker of success is when the creative minds behind a film can sit down and feel that they have succeeded…

— Aamir Khan

You can't expect to connect with everybody, and that's all right. The more I make films, I'm learning that you don't have…

— Andrew Haigh

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

— Billy Wilder

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.

— Catherine Deneuve

I ain't gonna get this, it's a horror movie, it's hard to act scared.

— Kelly Rowland

Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business.

— Brent Sexton

I'm happy directing films. On television, the direction takes your entire life away.

— Farah Khan

Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes.

— Robert Englund

I feel like there are probably more films about white male friendships than almost any other types of movies.

— Max Joseph

As an actor, I give 60 days to act in a film, but the writer takes nearly two to three years to…

— Vijay Antony

I made four films on John F. Kennedy, filmed when he was running for office, in office, and after his death.

— Robert Drew

'Lootera' happened nearly 10 years after television. It was the first film I auditioned for.

— Vikrant Massey

When I was 18 or 19, my one ambition was to make a film.

— Peter Brook

When you make a film you make a film. You don't think about how it will be marketed.

— Rajkumar Hirani

As an actor, you want to do your best but not overshine the film. No actor is above the film.

— Anushka Sharma

I make films for money and fame. But I made 'Kanjeevaram' for recognition.

— Priyadarshan

It's wonderful to be part of a film that really reaches an audience's mind and an audience's heart.

— Nathan Phillips

Cinema plus Psychoanalysis equals the Science of Ghosts.

— Jacques Derrida