Cinema Quotes · Page 317

I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage.

— John Rhys-Davies

I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.

— Miranda July

When I entered the film industry, I didn't know anything about acting.

— Kirti Kulhari

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.

— Alexander Payne

After every movie, you get offered the role that you just did in the last movie.

— Noah Emmerich

You choose the film, and then the film chooses everyone else; a film decides everything on its own.

— Anubhav Sinha

I'm no longer interested in being in big commercial films.

— Sienna Miller

The future of filmmaking is to make the canvas bigger, something you can't enjoy on your phones or computers.

— Sidharth Malhotra

How my film career happened, I don't know. It was unplanned. I'd been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early…

— John Hurt

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it…

— Jordan Peele

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

When I say that it's taken us [with Luca Guadagnino ] 11 years to make this film, what I mean is that…

— Tilda Swinton

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding…

— Walter Murch

Thelma & Louise' is one of those Ridley Scott films that I've watched over and over. I'm so in awe of those…

— Fred Hechinger

The industry doesn't usually say nice things about my work. My films take a while till they are accepted as good and…

— Gautham Menon

If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in…

— Hannah Gadsby

I've played the wicked mothers; I've played the serial-killer-type mothers now. They have to have an edge on them. They can't just…

— Charlotte Rampling

On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have…

— Dolph Lundgren

Films and life are like clay, waiting for us to mold it. And when you trust your own insides and that becomes…

— Shirley MacLaine

We did not see ourselves as remaking cinema at the time, at least not in my view. Myself and the other actors…

— Anna Karina

Back in the '90s, we saw prominent non-film artists like the Bombay Vikings do a splendid job on old classics and people…

— Amaal Mallik

It's always scary when you're doing a sequel to a film, because you don't want to just repeat the first film in…

— Efren Ramirez

In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More…

— Abhishek Bachchan

When someone asks me to do a score, I look at the picture two or three times. I never watch the rushes…

— Henry Mancini

I do consider myself a film geek. I love television and film.

— Scott Foley

I've seen all of my mom's films. She's the reason why I do almost anything.

— Evan Ross

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing

— Daniel Day-Lewis

'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'

— Ranbir Kapoor

You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them.

— Ray Liotta

Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie.

— Mike Birbiglia

My entire film career's been dependent on my ability to look unattractive.

— Anne Hathaway

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit

— Guillermo del Toro

It's not that the film is violent, it's that people have an issue with violence right now.

— Thomas Jane

I always say that I'm a filmmaker, not a factory. I don't have to churn out films every six months.

— Farah Khan

For me, every film is like the first picture. I am very choosy with the director and producer.

— Rajinikanth

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

— Matthew Vaughn

I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.

— Tania Raymonde

What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions.

— Wim Wenders

I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.

— Roger Rees

What is the difference between a celebrity and a not so celebrity? It's probably just one film.

— Juliet Asante