Cinema Quotes · Page 272

Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.

— Antonia Fraser

I would rather explore the medium of films than television.

— Shilpa Shinde

Without critical acclaim, you are just a successful commercial director, and nothing more.

— Priyadarshan

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.

— Hugh Grant

Cinema is not a series of abstract ideas, but rather the phrasing of moments.

— Jean-Luc Godard

It's pretty rare that I see a film that I did a long, long time ago.

— John Lithgow

If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.

— Evangeline Lilly

I am thankful for having got the opportunity to work in a film such as 'Pink' so early in my career.

— Angad Bedi

If I could direct it [films] I would be very happy. But the economics of business don't always allow you to do…

— Lee Van Cleef

I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go…

— Raoul Peck

“We realized that our purpose was not merely to build a studio that made hit films but to foster a creative culture…

— Ed Catmull

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or…

— Wim Wenders

I'm extremely unhappy with the projection of 'Tum' as a hot film. It's demeaning not just to me but to the producer…

— Manisha Koirala

After 'Dor,' viewers showed the confidence that I could play serious roles too and so I was offered roles in films like…

— Ayesha Takia

You have to move really fast, as a director in television. If you're able to keep things moving on set, everybody has…

— Jason Winer

When you do a film, you start to get the character, and then it disappears for a year before it's released and…

— Matthew Davis

Directors like Satyajit Ray, Rossellini, Bresson, Buñuel, Forman, Scorsese, and Spike Lee have used non-professional actors precisely in order that the people…

— John Berger

When you start with Super 8, you are everything. You're the DP, the sound man, the effects guy. And what I started…

— Guillermo del Toro

I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in…

— John Hyams

In horror movies, you can write music that if it was performed on the concert stage would have the audience running out…

— Christopher Young

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

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

— Peter Greenaway

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

When I have a bad game, I watch the film and just kind of remember everything.

— Jordan Clarkson

As a film-maker, I enjoy telling stories, and every film has its own journey.

— Dileesh Pothan

My goal is not to make a 100 crore film but a film which has got content.

— Shweta Tripathi

I never directly think of certain films. I know I am influenced by all the films I see.

— Tom Six

You can recognise when a film-maker really, really cares about what they're doing.

— Kathleen Kennedy

Actually, the first film that I did was more like college boys project.

— Abhinav Shukla

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.

— Helen McCrory

Everybody tells me to only do action films, but I would love to do horror, too.

— Prabhu Deva

I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.

— Nicolas Cage

Theatre has a strong connect with the audience and gratifies me as an actor, but the canvas of films is huge!

— Paresh Rawal

Critics have never been able to discover a unifying theme in my films. For thatmatter, neither have I.

— John Huston

I really got into film noir was when I was supposed to play Orson Welles in a movie.

— Jacob Elordi

When you're doing movies, you're traveling all over the world and you really can't be home.

— Amanda Bynes

I usually do films, and you do two months and then forget about it.

— Max Riemelt

There is unlimited scope for a film to expand and grow on the Internet.

— Vikrant Massey

I find that a lot of directors are attracted to the dark side.

— Kathleen Kennedy