Cinema Quotes · Page 323

I love being an actor, especially in movies, because you get to be someone else.

— Mason Cook

It's appealing to me to get to be in a commercial film without feeling like I sold out.

— Alden Ehrenreich

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

— John Cleese

I always listen to my director and never argue with him.

— Chunky Pandey

What went wrong was that I did too many multi-starrers. Those films did well, just not for me.

— Zayed Khan

I became a producer because nobody was ready to finance my films.

— Vijay Antony

I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.

— Henry Rollins

I have made more good films than anyone else in the country.

— Mahesh Bhatt

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I become very nervous when I…

— David Lynch

I don't want to come and conquer American films or the American market. I just want to do movies that I care…

— Diego Luna

I want to direct films, ultimately. Hopefully I'll have a fantastic career in acting and then go on to do that. That's…

— Charlie Rowe

Film is like tech starts on the first day of filming and it never stops. There's never a moment when the audience…

— Tony Kushner

Action films have a certain illogicalness to them. They're what we call, when we're working, 'exaggerated realism.'

— Nick Nolte

I would like to be able to be both a film actor and a stage actor - to be an American actor…

— John Glover

When I watched Michel Hazanavicius' 2011 French film 'The Artist', I was spellbound and wondered if such an attempt would ever be…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I don't get tons of scripts to be looking at and deciding on in terms of feature films; the industry has changed.…

— Joan Allen

There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood,…

— Steven Van Zandt

Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how…

— Sam Raimi

If I'm given the opportunity of writing, directing and acting in the same film I would love to do it again. It's…

— Noel Clarke

I suppose I like to set myself projects that are tight, focused, and then challenge myself with how broad I can go…

— Miles Aldridge

I had the best teacher in the business. Kevin Costner was my teacher. I was acting opposite him and he was directing…

— Olivia Williams

John Belushi infused Animal House with this spirit of guerilla filmmaking. John Landis came from that world too, and all the National…

— Tim Matheson

When I told my father that I wanted to join the film industry, he asked me if I was sure about it,…

— Vicky Kaushal

Being offered the role in the Jackie Chan film was amazing. I got to do a fight scene with Jackie Chan.

— Eve Torres

I do not count how many films or series I am doing in a year.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I want to work in literature-based movies in Bengal as this is the specialty of the Bengali film industry.

— Tanushree Dutta

People have no idea how physically tough doing a film is.

— Ridley Scott

The financing of my films has always been international.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.

— Don Bluth

In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.

— Om Puri

Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.

— Catherine Deneuve

A film maker is a very intelligent man. Do not underestimate him.

— Dev Anand

The Punjabi film industry is fairly new and needs all the support it can get.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

— Marisa Tomei

Truth is, generally I like film festivals; somewhere at some level there's an exchange of ideas.

— Willem Dafoe

Cinema is a larger-than-life representation. I wish to bring it to the small-screen.

— Johnny Lever

I am always open to any film from any place, given the role and the script is interesting.

— Kalki Koechlin

I was satisfied with my role in 'Luck,' and I am proud of the film.

— Shruti Haasan

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

— Josh Radnor