Cinema Quotes · Page 300

Cinema is capitalism in its purest form… There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I'm going to be a great film star. That is, if booze and sex don't get me first.

— Jay Presson Allen

The film musical is a very strange animal. They can bite you in the back, or they can do very well for…

— Leslie Bricusse

I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars.

— Harrison Ford

But I don't want to be stamped a serious actress. I am a very goofy person, too. I want to do mainstream…

— Sayani Gupta

I figured I would be teaching my whole life and making experimental films on the side.

— Todd Haynes

If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.

— Quentin Tarantino

My first films, 'Tamizhan' and 'Whistle,' showcased me in a different light - as an urbane composer.

— D. Imman

I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the…

— Diane Kruger

“Do you stand naked in front of the mirror and flex every night? I mean, really, at least go into the adult…

— Amy Harmon

Watching 'West Side Story' and old MGM films in the basement as a boy was a huge part of why I wanted…

— Mike Faist

I have walked away from enormous amounts of money and I have made that life I have wanted somewhat in this business.…

— Patricia Clarkson

I think there is no future whatsoever in 3D. It does nothing to the grammar and syntax or vocabulary of cinema. And…

— Peter Greenaway

It is difficult to make movies on your own terms and also to make a film and convince somebody to have faith…

— Shoojit Sircar

I saw 'Nightmare on Elm Street' way too young, and then I went to the library, and I got books about how…

— Katy O'Brian

Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a…

— Gavin O'Connor

I'm one of the few reading and thinking people who loves Las Vegas for the vulgarity and omnipresence of the dream. The…

— Werner Herzog

Actually, with those dirty movies, I find like, they're good for about fifteen, twenty minutes. I'm really interested. And, then, uh, there's…

— Norm MacDonald

It always sounds kind of trivial, but when I was a kid I was always so impressed by how serious the comic…

— Walter Hill

My dad is an engineer by trade but worked a lot with the people in the Indian film industry when I was…

— Meera Menon

A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don't find shooting as traumatic as some…

— James Ivory

I've pretty much grown up on set, and my favorite part about it is being able to actually see how movies are…

— Amandla Stenberg

The role I played [in theatre] was originated by Ian McKellen in 1979 and he came. I didn't know he was there…

— Patrick Heusinger

I have an opportunity to give a voice to those who have no voice. Even though film production wasn't a bucket list…

— Julie Smolyansky

I work on television and I work in film, and the acting is two different things.

— Frank Vincent

Special effects movies have taken over the universe. That and scary movies.

— Jami Gertz

It feels good to be featured in a film poster. I didn't have it in the beginning of my career.

— Divya Dutta

By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

— Iain Banks

If I choose to be part of stupid films, I don't deserve to call myself an actress.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

— Michael B. Jordan

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

— Francis Ford Coppola

If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.'

— Orson Welles

I'll always have my skate life, but I absolutely like the fun of making movies.

— Ryan Sheckler

Having a connection and chemistry with a director is really key.

— Dylan O'Brien

As an actor, we can only do what the director wants. Only the director has a vision of the entire film.

— Mohanlal

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

— Mark Romanek

“Film is a great tool to play with human emotions & thoughts.”

— Maria Tusar

I tell people if I want to make a film I just go make it so you can make yours.

— Fred Seibert

If I return to films, the feeling to do it must come from the heart.

— Sonali Bendre

I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest.

— Imogen Poots