Cinema Quotes · Page 396

Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not…

— Kevin Brownlow

Since I direct youth-oriented films, youngsters follow me and take inspiration from me so it is very important for me to dress…

— Divya Khosla Kumar

I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut…

— Harvey Weinstein

Direction is something that interests me. Even while shooting, I always have conversations with the director to get a better understanding of…

— Ashish Sharma

As I got into the animation, as I learned more about the business, I learned that you need a lot of people…

— Jeff Smith

I like stories about people. I like things that are human and different. I want to be as engaged in my work…

— Julianne Moore

I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema.

— Meredith Monk

When you finish a film, before the first paying audience sees it, you don't have any idea. You don't know if you…

— Milos Forman

There are so many things happening nowadays that you've seen in films from years ago, like cloning and all of those things…

— Kaya Scodelario

They make three types of movies, and if you don't make one of those three, you have to find independent financing: It's…

— Rob Reiner

I think quite often, being on the new set is not what you expect. The most serious film can be the most…

— Eric Bana

My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectful. Once we've sort of found the…

— David Milch

No one wants to hear from the producer. He's the guy by the pool with a cigar in his mouth and a…

— Irwin Winkler

All I wanted to do was be a professional film director with a body of work, and you're going to make some…

— Michael Caton-Jones

It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it's not something…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school…

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

I took one film class at NYU over a summer and learned the basics - you know, how to load a camera…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

It's such an intimate experience, being a director, artistically. It's deep and it's satisfying and it's wonderful, on so many levels, but…

— Russell Crowe

And if I'm running away from something, I try to make myself face it and overcome that initial fear. As a director,…

— Takashi Miike

In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very…

— Abhishek Bachchan

I don't think that my work appeals that much to the hard-core, avant-garde film audience. They appeal to people who teach film…

— Lawrence Jordan

I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

— Christopher McQuarrie

Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

In general, I have some precise ideas about everything, because the film is completed in my head before we ever start shooting.…

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave [Mamet]. His sets, everyone who's ever…

— Clark Gregg

I was always into music, but I wanted to do film when I was kid. I remember seeing big movies and wanting…

— Matthew James Thomas

In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of…

— Wim Wenders

I prefer watching people on a screen, and I've had the most pleasurable people-watching experiences at the Palace Cinema in Balwyn.

— Morris Gleitzman

I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and…

— Adam Sandler

There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize…

— Winona Ryder

“In my experience there are billions of dollars available for pieces of shit. As soon as the material distinguishes itself by something…

— Rutger Hauer

I'd like to use IMAX. The problem with IMAX is that it's a very loud camera. It's a very unreliable camera. Only…

— J. J. Abrams

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language…

— Kerry Washington

I want to have a great director, and also a great producer and co-stars. And there should be a tight script. After…

— Kajol

“If you can, I implore you to watch this scene. It’s seven seconds long. Three hours. Thirty-two takes. And it was only…

— Greg Sestero

My education as a film composer, you can't not - if you like the orchestra like I do, if you are a…

— Alexandre Desplat

I do know my own films don't necessarily work within that high-pressure reductive moment of the opening weekend - or all the…

— Todd Haynes

I think at the age I'm at, it's really hard for a film career, and I'm at a point in my life…

— Hayden Panettiere

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write…

— Eli Roth

When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the…

— Spalding Gray