You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
For me, once the film is out, it belongs to the audience, and I have to be open to any reaction that… — Claudia Llosa Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more… — Marc Singer Copy Share Image
In our benighted age, when films about amusement park rides and electronic fidgets scoop the honours, perhaps Hollywood redux is the best… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“I suppose I'm in that very small group of people who are not waiting for their own story to unfold. If my… — Carol Rifka Brunt Copy Share Image
Working with newbies has its own advantages as they're open to ideas and the audience can see the actresses as themselves, devoid… — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
A long and productive career in the world of films is bound to be checkered with success and failures. You cannot have… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
My mum thought my TV and film addiction was laziness. If you're an immigrant, you know you'll never be an accepted part… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul… — Debra Paget Copy Share Image
I personally want to work with great directors and great actors. My thing is about being inspired. You want money to come,… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
Some of the most successful, talented actresses of our generation, be it Julianne Moore, or Charlize Theron, or Charlotte Gainsbourg, or Isabella… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
There is no one kind of thing that we 'perceive' but many different kinds, the number being reducible if at all by… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
When you're young, you sort of have an idea that this is how it's always gonna be as a filmmaker. And then… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
In fact, whenever I go and watch a film I don't like to read about them beforehand - I like to go… — Elena Anaya Copy Share Image
The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
I would watch films like 'Frances Ha' and 'The Squid and the Whale,' and wonder why we weren't making these beautiful slice-of-life… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I was influenced by people like David Fincher and William Friedkin, and these directors who kinda paint their films with these dark… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
When you're filming, if you can't capture the relationships and interplay, that magical thing that transpires between musicians during a performance, then… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I'm a tomboy at the end of the day, so anything that causes me to have to run around, fight people, roll… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of big studio films, which are fun and great, tend to have a formula, and you've seen it before, and… — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
My favorite film is 'The Shining,' mostly because it was the film that inspired me to become a filmmaker myself. — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I've secretly harboured a desire to direct for a quite a long time. It's so much more challenging. As an actor you… — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Cinema is not just a side show - it is something which is much deeper than that. It is a form of… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
No one watches 'Taxi Driver' and says, 'Oh, it's a male-oriented film.' No one looks at nine-tenths of the films out there… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm the journeyman actor that you saw in one scene here, two scenes there. I've been eking out a living doing theater… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
If I give you two children films then come back and give you an adult film. I just love mixing it up… — Martin Lawrence Copy Share Image
That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing. — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's… — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
If someone would ask me to choose between TV and films, I would go for TV. I am content with it. Also,… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
“A film which followed the code of the Hays Office to the strictest letter might succeed in being a great work of… — Theodor W. Adorno Copy Share Image