Cinema Quotes · Page 293

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

— Donnie Yen

I've made six or seven good films. The others, not so good.

— Errol Flynn

For me, there's something about a certain kind of genre film that has real potency in its emotional landscape.

— Karyn Kusama

I tend to watch a lot of lower-budget movies to find out what's doing down there and find out who's coming up.

— Ridley Scott

The simple, sweet films without the star power often manage to tell a better story.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

— Mara Wilson

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

— Jeanne Moreau

For an actress, the choices are more if one is open to the idea of doing films in different languages.

— Priyamani

I do a film because I would love to be a part of it, but I also think from the audience's perspective.…

— Tabu

Lots of crime films are about work. Free Fire could have been about a company of plumbers doing pipe-fixing and stuff. But…

— Ben Wheatley

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing:…

— Helen Mirren

With Marathi cinema, content is king. It has always been driven by content. I am lucky that I don't have to leave…

— Amruta Khanvilkar

British independent television is exactly the same as independent cinema. Very low budget, interesting, cutting edge stuff.

— Janet McTeer

I was lucky that I made a few movies in a row that people really responded to - not me, particularly, but…

— Julia Roberts

Eventually, the outcome of a film is not in my hands. What I do while making the film is in my hands,…

— Shruti Haasan

In this particular business [cinema], you don't choose your own experiences. They start to happen and then they start to peel off…

— Kelli O'Hara

Getting injured is always a concern on films like this. Film sets are dangerous. Knowing that something could happen actually adds to…

— Adrien Brody

At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell.…

— Gavin O'Connor

I know, when I was in film school, some of my films were silly, but a lot of them were more dramatic.…

— Jeff Baena

Most people assume because I'm an actor that's all I know about and care about, I'm actually a camera geek and a…

— Matt Ross

I have to see a definitive cut of the film before I even start thinking about the music, I tell the director…

— Ennio Morricone

“All art is portraiture and all art is political: those are the things that you cannot avoid. When someone sees you in…

— Guillermo del Toro

I'm a person of the arts. I love the arts very, very, very much. And ah, I'm a musician, I'm a director,…

— Michael Jackson

Well, I think it's important to have some kind of a narrative engine that pushes the audience through the landscape. But I…

— Panos Cosmatos

Kodak sells film, but they don't advertise film; they advertise memories.

— Theodore Levitt

The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.

— Roger Ross Williams

Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.

— Peter Greenaway

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

— Alan Rudolph

The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

— Emma Thompson

I'd like to make the film of Sam Selvon's book 'The Lonely Londoners.'

— Joe Wright

It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.

— Peter Capaldi

Jayasudha and I have acted in several films and it is my duty to campaign for her.

— Jaya Prada

Sometimes films surprise you in a way that you didn't even expect.

— Sargun Mehta

Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present.

— Kevin Macdonald

I've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage.

— Tom Stoppard

What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.

— Peter Jackson

The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.

— Walter Salles

I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films.

— John Hillcoat

Life is now a film, don't end it, we are all here for a reason but so many people cut that film…

— Chenoa Cobb

Every film is exciting because I get new tools and cool new things to do.

— Scarlett Johansson