Cinema Quotes · Page 476

Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I feel proud when my old films are still talked about and 'Zubeidaa' is one of them. It has been directed by…

— Manoj Bajpayee

Film has changed vastly in the time that I've been an actor, and it's, I think, very much for the better. I…

— John Hurt

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing…

— Park Chan-wook

I've been trying to do films for years. So I've decided to wait until the next good part comes along and develop…

— Gwen Stefani

I take particular care in authenticity and specificity when working in cultures not my own. Every aspect of the filmmaking here was…

— Niki Caro

I have trained, but not really that much professionally. But 'ABCD2' has been the biggest training ground. I've been exposed to and…

— Varun Dhawan

I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and…

— Julie Delpy

As the acting class was going on, I just realized I just knew more about cinema than the other people in the…

— Quentin Tarantino

I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film,…

— Paddy Considine

You get some directors, and I can never understand it - there's a thing they call the 'video village' where all the…

— Edgar Wright

“In Al-Karnak, an Egyptian film produced in the mid-1970s, the leading Egyptian actress Souad Hosni brilliantly exposed what a broken soul would…

— Tarek Osman

It is good that people are experimenting with cinema. They are trying to do serious and soulful cinema but such films don't…

— Asrani

In order to make Alma innocent and open, I had to forget that I'm stressed as an actress because I'm making a…

— Vicky Krieps

The BFI recently did a study of the British films that have the most people of color in them in the last…

— Noel Clarke

I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I…

— Kajal Aggarwal

A successful director is someone who has the combination of skills that you can learn, but there's also an intuitive sensibility that…

— Rick Heinrichs

A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When…

— Jim Henson

I never feel that because of my presence a film will taste success. A film's success or failure does not totally depend…

— Brahmanandam

I never went to school for directing. I studied theater with a director. I followed plays to see how a director would…

— Denis Villeneuve

I do not have friends and network with the commercial cinema world. In every business, the network is important.

— Milind Soman

Ridley Scott obviously an iconic director, he's made some fantastic films. Obviously a very smart, very tasteful, thoughtful guy. So yeah, I'm…

— Don Winslow

Polanski is a great film director - although the much-acclaimed 'Chinatown' has a muddled script - but his true talent is to…

— Richard Cohen

You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did…

— David Thewlis

I was not, and am not, officially a producer of that film [I am love] but the work of what a producer…

— Tilda Swinton

If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes…

— Lee Grant

Films like 'Shaan,' 'Sholay,' 'Muqaddar Ka Sikander' and so many others... they've been a part of my growing up years.

— Tabu

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to…

— Diane Lane

I don't miss acting in films. I haven't had that many good experiences with it. If I had, I probably would like…

— Murray Head

Film is an amazing art form, but so is life. When your career and your life can work together, and one can…

— Sissy Spacek

We don't want to be our own niche. We're filmmakers like everybody. How many years in a row are we going to…

— Nancy Meyers

I have to make a living, and I have been in a few films I wish I hadn't been in, but I…

— Kim Basinger

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling…

— Fede Alvarez

When I was young, it was easier to make films. It wasn't as expensive, there was more support. I found that I…

— Thom Andersen

My favourite film is 'Tootsie.' I suppose that's because it's very much about my industry and I love all the jokes, albeit…

— Freddie Fox

I have some calls out to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. I said, 'I won't star in any blockbuster films…

— Jim Cummings

I have been one of the fortunate people to work with A R Rahman in a film and also many stage shows.…

— Neeti Mohan

'Housefull' is made with the express purpose of being an entertaining, time-pass film. No one is supposed to search for great art…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

Radha Krishna Sir, the director of 'Jil,' had seen 'Madras Cafe' and liked my acting in it. He wanted a performer and…

— Raashi Khanna

Another reason I did not make films is that I liked being unemployed, since that is when I read, study and write.

— Gulzar