Cinema Quotes · Page 331

Like a lot of people, I also grew up watching Bollywood films.

— Mithila Palkar

Some people cannot understand why I insist on knowing about my role in a film before signing it.

— Lara Dutta

While cinema has been my foundation, I enjoy being part of television simultaneously.

— Mohnish Bahl

I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important.

— Charlize Theron

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to…

— Al Pacino

Films were just a profession. The moment I step into the house the actor in me disappears.

— Sowcar Janaki

I've been very lucky to debut with Yashraj films, then being directed by Karan Johar and now Amol Gupte.

— Saqib Saleem

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

— Lasse Hallstrom

Each medium has its own beauty and way of working. While television offers immense reach and long-running shows, films are shorter and…

— Gautam Rode

I am pretty interested in trying to write and produce an animated film at some point, but that's a job that takes…

— David X. Cohen

When I got an offer for 'Fireflies,' I told the director that I was recovering at home in Delhi, so I couldn't…

— Arjun Mathur

I don't like horror films. Horror films in the sense of the way horror films are now, like 'Saw,' I don't like…

— Atticus Shaffer

Bollywood is never going to take a backseat for me because I have nothing against it. But I have decided that I…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make…

— Richard Donner

I like to make movies in Texas because that's where I learned how to do it. I know the industry there, I…

— David Lowery

If offered a good role, I would like to work in a good Punjabi film. This land has produced great writers, poets…

— Pankaj Kapur

I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities. Especially for independent…

— Haile Gerima

Film is built for kinetic movement and crash and burn. It's a great tool for spectacles. But if it's not rooted to…

— Mel Gibson

I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and…

— Greta Gerwig

Kurt Russell said another brilliant thing. He had starred in umpteen movies by that point. And he said, "Generally speaking, in every…

— Tim Matheson

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so…

— Eric Stoltz

If a handful of people look at the making of the film and realize, "Oh, my god!" It was so complicated. It…

— Rob Letterman

A lot of my best friends are the best person for the job in a film, but sometimes being a filmmaker I'll…

— David Gordon Green

We've kind of grown up in a post-Star Wars era, and what Star Wars did to cinema, in terms of an explosion…

— Simon Pegg

I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one…

— Fahadh Faasil

I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!

— Fionn Whitehead

And for me I think I was originally a theater person, a producer/director/actor.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

When I'm directing a film, I can't do any more than appear in a song.

— Prabhu Deva

My films are my choices and I am extremely proud to be associated with my projects.

— Shefali Shah

It wasn't one film that changed my life, but a series of decisions that brought out the best in me.

— Pankaj Kapur

Socha Na Tha' was my first film and will remain one of my favourites.

— Ayesha Takia

I make short films, little documentaries, about the co-evolution of humans and technology.

— Jason Silva

Film is a living, breathing thing. It's very delicate, and you have to listen and watch for what it tells you.

— Rob Marshall

I'm going to stay in the gym, stay watching film, stay focused, stay being an all around professional.

— Jae Crowder

I will never say that I'm quitting television for films.

— Hiten Tejwani

We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

— Joel Silver

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something.

— Kenneth Branagh

I will do films in any of the languages, provided the script is good. The region and the language don't matter.

— Prabhas