Cinema Quotes · Page 335

It is the director's vision, and as actors, we are just extensions of that.

— Namrata Shirodkar

Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

— Irrfan Khan

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

— Kristin Davis

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

— Casper Van Dien

I am a very big fan of Aamir Khan. He has a great filmography. I also want to do films like him.

— Saqib Saleem

I am in for making films only because my wife has been part of this industry.

— Raj Kundra

Cinema can transform pain and trauma into something beautiful.

— Anna Biller

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

— Mia Wasikowska

It [film-making] really just has to do with my own ghosts and phantoms. And I have to say, in the end, it's…

— Sergio Leone

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the…

— Jacqueline Bisset

When I made 'The Notebook,' the director, Nick Cassavetes, who is John's son, used to show me his father's movies.

— Ryan Gosling

Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from…

— Jude Law

You always get typecast. You get typecast the moment you enter the industry and you do your first few films. Actually, you…

— Arshad Warsi

I am open to doing comedies, romantic stories, and commercial cinema, but it has to work for me so that I can…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

A game director, in my mind, is somebody who makes everybody on the team miserable for the duration of the project.

— Cory Barlog

I feel like if I don't get a film and somebody else does, then that film never belonged to me. The ones…

— Sissy Spacek

I never ever see a film of mine after I release it to the public. I see it when I shoot it…

— Woody Allen

Um, yeah, it's one of the things that you kind of have to accept at the very beginning, like I'm not going…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Presenting a film is also about reaching the end of a very long journey, so you also arrive tired, but you really…

— Alice Rohrwacher

I'm okay for things like theater and stuff but for film, I just didn't think in the right way and I didn't…

— Robert Greene

Salman Khan did not help me get movie offers. What rubbish! Will any producer take a risk of millions of rupees at…

— Katrina Kaif

I realised after doing 'Tanu Weds Manu' that I had become fat and was not performing to the mark. I realised that…

— R. Madhavan

I want to be fulfilled creatively as an actress and get to be in roles that are meaningful and impactful. I hope…

— Amandla Stenberg

I have done six films, and so far what I have understood is that if you are not from a film family,…

— Neha Sharma

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best…

— Salman Rushdie

I don't think I'm capable enough to make 100-crore films.

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I cannot do a film I don't believe in, however safe it might be.

— Shahid Kapoor

There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.

— Chevy Chase

I always feel like every film takes the franchise and hangs it in the balance.

— Lauren Shuler Donner

When I am 60 or 70, I am sure I can still continue to make films on families.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

Normally, it's difficult for me to watch a movie that I'm in.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“Without art, a film is pure wastage of time and resources.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The moment I said I am open to doing films, I started getting a lot of offers.

— Jaya Prada

On my 'Mickey' video, I was the director, producer, choreographer, editor, singer - everything.

— Toni Basil

Unfortunately in Bollywood, if your film is a flop, your acting is considered flop too.

— Amit Sadh

Basically, great directors know how to combine music with the scenes that they are working on.

— John Gourley

When I look at all my old films, I feel as if they're badly done, because I have improved.

— Priyadarshan

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.

— Terry Southern

Now I know that however big a film, you have every right over how you want to be seen on screen.

— Sai Pallavi

I think people want to watch me in films, and that's why filmmakers want to work with me and tell stories.

— Bhumi Pednekar