The benefit of film is that you're shooting something for an intense period of time - and then it's over, and you… — Nat Faxon Copy Share Image
You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot… — Guillaume Canet Copy Share Image
Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form,… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
So I grew up watching film noir, you know the classic stuff. William Holden, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, all those. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer… — Elmer Bernstein Copy Share Image
I don't consciously aim at shooting movies in different locations but if my films feature never-seen-before locations, then why not. — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
The first few films I made didn't look good at all, and I wasn't trying to make them look good. People dig… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
I love science fiction but I don't like fantastic [cinema]. For example, if you have a magical ring and you can explode… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and Entering' - Anthony… — Ed Westwick Copy Share Image
“The Cosmic Director has written His own plays, and assembled the tremendous casts for the pageant of the centuries. From the dark… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
No other art-medium–neither painting nor poetry–can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can. When the lights… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who… — Mark Rydell Copy Share Image
I grew up on certain movies, particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm doing any film, there's always three different things. There's the script, which is really just a blueprint. And then, you… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
“From the beginning, Fassbinder's films showed that with the help of art it is possible to defend oneself against the destructive forces… — Christian Braad Thomsen Copy Share Image
With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films,… — Bruce Conner Copy Share Image
I just don't want to make the same old movies. I'm not interested in it. Directing's hard. It takes up a lot… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character. — Om Puri Copy Share Image
'Cuban Fury' was a big production for a first time director to handle: I think it is very easy to become very… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
Filmmaking involves a lot of passion, hard work, thought process and money. But 'Gandhi My Father' is a selfless film, a film… — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
But after sincerely doing TV for years, there came a point when I felt that I should try films because I wanted… — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
Certain subjects are best done with stars. Certain subjects like 'Alai Payuthe' are done with non-stars. In such films, stars are a… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of… — Klaus Kinski Copy Share Image
It's not as if I've have done really awful films. It's just that my films haven't clicked at the box-office which doesn't… — Dino Morea Copy Share Image
I write scripts, I read scripts, I meet people who chat about their scripts. So honestly, I don't feel bad if I… — Shobana Copy Share Image
Tell me one director who will go on record to say that I don't get along with them? I get along famously… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
It's impossible for one or two people to go out and shoot a narrative film; you need to have a cast, the… — Jeremy Coon Copy Share Image
Thhe essence of documentary filmmaking is how you manipulate the material to create an emotional impact, as opposed to just delivering information. — Richard Ray Perez Copy Share Image
The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle. — Andre Øvredal Copy Share Image
I think the best roles are in dark movies. It's roles that aren't you. It's fun playing someone that's not me. If… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I came from a very avant-garde documentary kind of film making world. I like cinema verité, documentaries. I liked non-story, non-character tone… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
I want to stay below the radar and make good films. I have to be careful; I don't want my life to… — Amelia Warner Copy Share Image
Acting in an epic and a non-fictional film is a big challenge for actors, as they need to research extensively about the… — Tamannaah Copy Share Image
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image