Cinema Quotes · Page 47

Audiences want to see intelligent movies.

— Harvey Weinstein

There are tons of 'go-to' scary sounds in film scoring.

— Bear McCreary

Chris Nolan is an amazing director.

— Tom Lister, Jr

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

— Steven Spielberg

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

— Akira Kurosawa

I love those trilogy movies, like 'Lord of the Rings.'

— Randy Orton

I want to complete 100 films.

— Tabu

I only make movies I want to go see.

— Jerry Bruckheimer

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.

— Robert Rodriguez

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

— Idina Menzel

My grandfather, K.R. Balan, a pioneer in the film industry, wanted me to try my hand at acting.

— Sangeetha Krish

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

Cinema is a form of art, and like every other art form, cinema also needs freedom of expression.

— Taapsee Pannu

You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.

— Michael Caine

A lot of my friends are people who do horror films: Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Stephen King.

— George A. Romero

On film, you really have to focus on what you're looking at. You're imprinting a physical image.

— Petra Collins

It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops…

— Howard Keel

I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I…

— Dolph Lundgren

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

— Meg Ryan

While more great films are being made every year, it is increasingly difficult to get indies into theaters or on TV.

— Terry Semel

Watching 'Dark Crystal' now, having made Muppet films, it really strikes me just how ambitious that film is in terms of the…

— James Bobin

I know that when you do similar kind of films, one after the other, people tend to stereotype and say, 'She is…

— Huma Qureshi

The way television is done, you're kind of set on a certain path, and then episodic directors come in every week to…

— Kevin Reilly

With every film I've made, 'Whale Rider' included, I've had a vision that was far bigger than the budget allowed.

— Niki Caro

My film with Pawan Kalyan sir, 'Vakeel Saab,' came in theatres and collected humongous figures in the first weekend. It was a…

— Nidhhi Agerwal

My films are not really constructed films, as much as remembered films. I've got this desire to catch traces of memory, but…

— Alice Rohrwacher

Ellen [Page] and I had only met a couple of times, but had mutual admiration for each other's work. When I first…

— Evan Rachel Wood

Here's the thing: I come from a filmmaking background, so this concept of sort of overseeing a television show but not directing…

— Justin Simien

It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I…

— Charlie Hunnam

Scott Frank and I are director friends. We met through the Sundance Labs and he's advised me on my first projects -…

— Marielle Heller

Well, the experience for me making a film is the most profound one. I really don’t have any business watching the movie…

— Jared Leto

You see Mexican cinema in festivals throughout the world, and you see Mexican directors getting recognized at Cannes, at the Oscars, in…

— Diego Luna

I wish I had gone to a film school.

— Mani Ratnam

A good film is also a documentary

— Eric Rohmer

“People who don't watch TV movies are so missing out.”

— Luisa Plaja

My god is narrative filmmaking.

— Darren Aronofsky

I think of a film as being like a toy train.

— Jean-Pierre Jeunet

I think you get less takes on TV than in movies.

— Evan Peters

Film music, over the years, has taken from everybody.

— Henry Mancini

All producers and directors want to make good films.

— Naga Chaitanya