Cinema Quotes · Page 291

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.

— Ted Kotcheff

I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.

— Eric Bana

I have always said that the biggest difference between stage and cinema is that one has got close-ups.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

You need actors and performers, but there has to be content in a film.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.

— Liam Neeson

I really want to do more movies; that's where my heart is.

— Sasha Pieterse

As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.

— Chika Anadu

I like to challenge myself. Whether that's on television or film or on stage, that's what I'm going to go for.

— Cobie Smulders

I think I have a responsibility as a film-maker to bring not only controversial subject matter to the screen but also to…

— Lexi Alexander

When you decide to make a film, it's imperative that it's a story you just have to tell...no matter what. If so,…

— Dori Berinstein

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the…

— Janusz Kaminski

I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my…

— Julia Roberts

I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the…

— Tatum O'Neal

I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money…

— Francis Ford Coppola

As a film actor, I connected to the people on the good and positive things. But, as a politician I feel the…

— Jaya Prada

I was never serious about Bollywood films, but when I was offered a film like 'Shanghai,' I took it because it is…

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

I don't have any expectations about my films. If they're good, they're good - if they're not, they're not. About 10 years…

— Anthony Hopkins

Whenever we go to the cinema in Mexico, we have to get taken in two minutes before the film starts. We sit…

— Raul Jimenez

I'm not going to star in every one of my movies. But I'm telling you [pounds fists] what I will bring to…

— DMX

I guess I'm just the kind of person who likes to do it all. It's fun to put on the writer's hat…

— Drew Goddard

You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an…

— Brendan Fraser

As an actress you're perpetually about to be unemployed. That fear - when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and…

— Anna Kendrick

The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the…

— Jesse Eisenberg

When I do a film, the days before or the night before, I throw up. Sometimes it's just in my mouth and…

— Donald Sutherland

I am the first Tamil film artiste to receive the Padmashree.

— Manorama

Rarely in film acting do you get to do a scene for very long.

— Sissy Spacek

“Audience can live without a movie but a movie cannot live without an audience.”

— Amit Kalantri

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

— Ben Kingsley

The greatest thing about stand-up is that it is the opposite of making a film.

— Brett Goldstein

When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.

— Taylor Hackford

I don't take films to prove my talent and receive critical acclaim or awards.

— Babu Antony

Before saying yes to a TV show, I was busy doing films down South.

— Madalsa Sharma

People will always talk about stars who are doing two films together.

— Kunal Khemu

I think what happens normally in a narrative film is that the camera constructs the reality.

— Sam Seder

I may act in many more films in the future, but 'Baahubali' will be the best in my career.

— Prabhas

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.

— Roger Ebert

I don't need to do a film unless I'm convinced it's worth my while.

— Vijayashanti

When I see the work of other directors, I feel inspired.

— Kabir Khan

I would love to do films. It's just the way things happened for me - I ended up doing a lot of…

— Meaghan Rath

I would love to work on a Hindi film if I get the right opportunity.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush