Cinema Quotes · Page 278

I'm going to keep making films I believe in. Whether I am successful or not is besides the point.

— Ajay Devgan

You can't expect a man to change in one day by watching a film, right?

— Mithun Chakraborty

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

I want to do films like 'As Good as it Gets' or 'Analyze This.'

— Nana Patekar

A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.

— Karen Allen

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

— D. B. Sweeney

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

— James Agate

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.

— Francois Truffaut

I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra…

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take…

— Ti West

People are going to see both of us and think it's an Abbott and Costello kind of thing. It's not an easy…

— Ray Romano

Film-making, in itself, is such a risky, costly-yet-uncertain business that despite being wealthy, 90 percent of people don't become producers.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

The whole film genre is one of deceit. It is the suspension of disbelief. That's what all theater and all film is…

— Rhys Ifans

I am very much a product of commercial cinema in Tollywood, and people ask me why I don't do masala films in…

— Rituparna Sengupta

A film is not going to change the world. But if it can do that to individuals on an individual level, I…

— Martin Landau

Film people can be quite ruthless and tough. I think it's because the industry is filled with talented, driven people chasing nowhere…

— Jon Ronson

I don't think we have enough imaginary creatures in cinema. It seems like we're stuck with zombies, vampires, and werewolves. We should…

— Neil Jordan

I earn my living by teaching film, mostly filmmaking but also teaching courses on current cinema. I'm interested in movies. I hope…

— Thom Andersen

A lot of people are trying to get out of their home country and think 'making it' is if you're able to…

— Taika Waititi

Everyone has different goals. For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that…

— Amanda Crew

You never quite know what you're going to come back to and figure out how to make it work. You never quite…

— Christopher Nolan

When I started I had no knowledge of films whatsoever. I was an engineering major at Stanford. And I found out as…

— Roger Corman

If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know,…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I would study film. I was accepted into USC as well as the film school, because that's two separate processes. But I…

— Michelle Trachtenberg

People connect with my films because they are honest and simple.

— Sudeep

A film that can be described in words is not really a film.

— Michelangelo Antonioni

Theatre is like an actor's nectar, like how cinema is a director's medium.

— Ali Fazal

We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.

— Zoya Akhtar

I like doing the promotional work. It's part of the film's process. Cannes was very wonderful to premiere.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I don't feel secure as an actor. I want to do more films and get accepted by masses.

— Saqib Saleem

The way cinema has grown I think, doesn't matter if its Hindi or South. People watch all languages.

— Sonu Sood

I've been in so many bad movies and worked with so many bad directors that I go into a film expecting nothing.

— Cliff Robertson

Watching a film should feel like you just tore a hole out of the air and the void caught fire.

— Josh Fox

As for action movies, I did Tarzan, and I'm also about to shoot Meltdown, which John Carpenter wrote

— Casper Van Dien

The reason I am in cinema is because of the passion I have for cinema.

— Neha Sharma

I always tell people, 'If you say you don't like horror, it just means that you haven't found the right movie.'

— Lauren Ashley Carter

That's filming. You pitch up, give your all, and see what the outcome is.

— Wade Eastwood

I will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anyone else.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I find inspiration in the movies I've loved, especially all films ever made about Dracula.

— Sasha Velour

I do not plan my career or sign films that just come my way.

— Shriya Saran