Cinema Quotes · Page 459

I don't do many films at the same time, as I don't like to switch between characters. At a given point, I…

— Nivin Pauly

I'd always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving…

— Shailene Woodley

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact…

— Alain Resnais

My whole M.O. in my 20s was being in as many different types of films as you can. Working with as many…

— Anne Hathaway

As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.

— Xavier Dolan

It's a terrible thing to make films that are never seen or experienced by audiences. Often times nobody knows about them, even…

— Kate del Castillo

I love challenging films, really. I'd prefer to do some gritty, challenging roles. That would be awesome and really fun.

— Charlie Rowe

I don't believe in proper cinema; it doesn't have the strength of television. People having to go out to the cinema is…

— David Bowie

From the moment I met Martin Scorsese in 1962, he educated me about the films that had taught him so much about…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I remember Yash Chopra ji had called me for a narration. I was preoccupied with other films and couldn't take up the…

— Rahul Roy

Did you happen to catch the film I did between 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Kong?' It was a nice little Jennifer…

— Andy Serkis

I've never done a movie in that genre, and I love a lot of those movies. I watched the director's [David Freyne]…

— Ellen Page

It's about the characters, it's about the film, it's about the process of making stunning visuals and a huge, epic movie. It…

— Tom Hardy

I don't have any interest in doing superhero franchise movies. I don't connect to the fantastic and I'm not a comic person,…

— David Mackenzie

I cannot control what you bring into the theater when you see the film. I can't control what my parents bring in.…

— James Ponsoldt

That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the…

— Peter Dinklage

This epidemic of student demands for 'safe places' to protect against threatening words and ideas would make a great science fiction film,…

— Tom Tancredo

There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't…

— Domhnall Gleeson

I'm pretty focused on what I do. I think directing is a very specific talent, and I'm not real big on putting…

— Samuel L. Jackson

As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

— Warwick Davis

There has to be consistent emergence of two or three films - narratively, stylistically, consistently demonstrating you are here to go on.…

— Haile Gerima

I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I…

— Max Winkler

I was termed 'choosy' because when an actor decides to go against the wind and takes on only non-formula films, he is…

— Abhay Deol

Obviously, as an actor, you have to embrace your imagination all the time, but when you're doing one of these films, you…

— Katherine Waterston

When you're a screenwriter, it's like being a mechanic. You open the hood of the story, the director is the driver, and…

— Thomas Bidegain

While acting with Amitabh Bachchan, the legend of Hindi cinema, and superstars like Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar, I…

— Rajesh Khattar

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no…

— Miranda Richardson

What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing…

— Ry Cooder

A.K. Hangal's work is a big contribution to serious theatre. To stick to it despite the attractions of commercial cinema is proof…

— Rohini Hattangadi

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have…

— Kirsten Dunst

I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.

— Chika Anadu

You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective,…

— Alan Cumming

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

— Parvathy

I have always been a director first and the whole acting thing just happened because none of my friends wanted to be…

— Shane Dawson

Back in the day, I was keen on working on a film with the superstars - Mammootty and Mohanlal. But they wanted…

— Gautham Menon

Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that…

— Salman Khan

The history of cinema appears to be easy to do, since it is, after all, made up of images; cinema appears to…

— Jean-Luc Godard

'Zero Dark Thirty' raised the stakes. It raised the stakes in cinema, man. I don't think people really know how to grasp…

— Jason Clarke

Theres plenty of great independent films to do, but you cant support yourself making independent film as an actress.

— Gaby Hoffmann