Cinema Quotes · Page 334

People idolize film actors and this helps connect with them.

— Nagma

To have three movies coming out at the same time - I probably will never have that again in my life.

— Scoot McNairy

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.

— Joe Swanberg

If you're not making epic, archetypal films on some level, I think you're wasting a great potential of cinema.

— Alexander Payne

I do indeed think that cinema is mortal. There is a lot of evidence already that it is dying on its feet.

— Peter Greenaway

I know what I'm talking about and I've never been over budget, in 70 films.

— Werner Herzog

My first film was a comedy, but after that I went always into more heavier stuff.

— Paul Verhoeven

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

— Alexander Payne

The trouble is, the older you get, it's hard to find time to make a film: it's a year to write, a…

— Noel Fielding

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the…

— Khaled Hosseini

When you work on a graphic novel or a film with people you've been together through a lot and you've exposed your…

— Etgar Keret

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us…

— Vijay Sethupathi

There's an amazing movie, I think the best war movie ever made: it's called 'Come and See.' Soviet film. Made in the…

— Craig Mazin

Once I started working as an assistant director, I just realized very quickly that working on a film set was just a…

— Takashi Miike

I personally don't enjoy films that bring black people down. I find that a majority of the films that black people are…

— Drake

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you…

— Gary Johnson

Making movies is about control. You need to control your narcissism in the first place, and you need to be disciplined enough…

— Luca Guadagnino

As a director, the biggest job is to discern the imperfections in emotional tone and then view it in the global picture…

— Robert Stromberg

I love fiction, you know? I find it fascinating. So when film really does go into fictional places, that's the most exciting…

— Holly Hunter

'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age…

— Barry Jenkins

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job…

— George Clooney

My story is similar to every ordinary Indian boy's tale. My father wanted me to become an engineer or a professional but…

— Abhishek Banerjee

We were doing Scarface many years ago...and I remember having my coffee and looking at the beach, the surf, and I saw…

— Al Pacino

The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.

— Amitabh Bachchan

I feel proud that I am doing my first film with my father.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

In Toronto, the film festival is like a carnival... entire families come to it.

— Vetrimaaran

Like any other aspirational actor, I wanted to be a part of films.

— Vikrant Massey

There's just certain things you don't think about to enjoy a film. Bullets in space are one of them.

— Maggie Grace

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.

— Larry Wilcox

I hope many people can indulge themselves in the power of audio cinema.

— Lee Je-hoon

I am thrilled to be a part of Tamil cinema as it is an interesting place.

— Tanushree Dutta

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

— Paul Dano

I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

— Greg Kinnear

I'd love to do film and soundtracks, and you couldn't do much better than James Bond.

— Charlie Fink

This is such a cliche, but I feel like filmmaking is a collaborative experience.

— Steve Antin

I'm a visual learner, so film is a huge inspiration to me.

— SZA

But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.

— Dario Argento

I don't want the burden of the success or failure of a film entirely on my shoulders.

— Biju Menon