--- title: "22 Film Based Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 22 Film Based quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Film Based sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/james-franco-2025_cinema_it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based_1121364.jpg" --- > [It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based-on-a-true-story-to-really/) [James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/james-franco-2025_cinema_it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based_1121364.jpg) > [A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-rampling/a-film-based-on-a-jolly-good-john-grisham-book-is-fine-but-i-like-to/) [Charlotte Rampling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-rampling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/charlotte-rampling-8189_book_a-film-based-on-a-jolly-good-john-grisha_1603095.png) > [Success of a film is not only based on the film being good or bad. A lot of other factors are involved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kunal-khemu/success-of-a-film-is-not-only-based-on-the-film-being-good-or-bad-a/) [Kunal Khemu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kunal-khemu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/kunal-khemu-7040_bad_success-of-a-film-is-not-only-based-on-t_1349225.jpg) > [I sign a film based on the story, the role I play, and the maker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amitabh-bachchan/i-sign-a-film-based-on-the-story-the-role-i-play-and-the-maker/) [Amitabh Bachchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amitabh-bachchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/amitabh-bachchan-3872_cinema_i-sign-a-film-based-on-the-story-the-rol_1739846.jpg) > [If a film is based on a true story and you don't use anyone's name, you can do what you like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-jenkins/if-a-film-is-based-on-a-true-story-and-you-don-t-use-anyone-s-name/) [Patty Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patty-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/patty-jenkins-6283_cinema_if-a-film-is-based-on-a-true-story-and-y_461554.jpg) > [It is much easier to do a film about something that the audience readily knows about - say, cricket. It is much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vetrimaaran/it-is-much-easier-to-do-a-film-about-something-that-the-audience/) [Vetrimaaran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vetrimaaran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/vetrimaaran-9195_cricket_it-is-much-easier-to-do-a-film-about-som_503027.jpg) > [I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-trevino/i-would-love-to-dive-into-an-indie-film-based-on-the-streets-of-east/) [Michael Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/michael-trevino-37956_angeles_i-would-love-to-dive-into-an-indie-film_773297.png) > [I never pick a film based on the genre; I choose the characters I play. I will think it through thoroughly -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rain/i-never-pick-a-film-based-on-the-genre-i-choose-the-characters-i-play/) [Rain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/rain-16001_able_i-never-pick-a-film-based-on-the-genre-i_1088145.jpg) > [It would have been more obvious to go into film, based on the generation before me, but the generation before them were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coppola-schwartzman/it-would-have-been-more-obvious-to-go-into-film-based-on-the/) [Robert Coppola Schwartzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coppola-schwartzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/robert-coppola-schwartzman-260_based_it-would-have-been-more-obvious-to-go-in_369815.jpg) > [When you see 'MHN,' you will see that the film is based on relationships which are serious, but there is a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sushmita-sen/when-you-see-mhn-you-will-see-that-the-film-is-based-on-relationships/) [Sushmita Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sushmita-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sushmita-sen-5000_cinema_when-you-see-mhn-you-will-see-that-the-f_67391.png) > [I really think music and movement - dance, you know - and literature inform my visuals. I think film is also based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-doyle/i-really-think-music-and-movement-dance-you-know-and-literature/) [Christopher Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/christopher-doyle-40932_actors_i-really-think-music-and-movement-dance_513047.jpg) > [For me to play any true person in a film based on a true story, I always want to make sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-hearst/for-me-to-play-any-true-person-in-a-film-based-on-a-true-story-i/) [Lydia Hearst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-hearst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/lydia-hearst-9880_person_for-me-to-play-any-true-person-in-a-film_2444887.jpg) > [I never read a book if I'm auditioning for a film based on it. I like to stick to the script only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-nelisse/i-never-read-a-book-if-i-m-auditioning-for-a-film-based-on-it-i-like/) [Sophie Nelisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-nelisse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/sophie-nelisse-45988_book_i-never-read-a-book-if-i-m-auditioning-f_935561.jpg) > [I think any film that is based on life or real events you want it to be accurate but what really matters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucinda-coxon/i-think-any-film-that-is-based-on-life-or-real-events-you-want-it-to/) [Lucinda Coxon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucinda-coxon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/lucinda-coxon-70684_accurate_i-think-any-film-that-is-based-on-life-o_2945947.jpg) > [Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/up-until-then-whenever-anyone-had-mentioned-the-possibility-of-making/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/paulo-coelho-10_adaptation_up-until-then-whenever-anyone-had-mentio_1446484.jpg) > [When any young director gets hired by a studio to do a $125 million film based on a preexisting piece of intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neill-blomkamp/when-any-young-director-gets-hired-by-a-studio-to-do-a-125-million/) [Neill Blomkamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neill-blomkamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/neill-blomkamp-8505_burger-king_when-any-young-director-gets-hired-by-a_2713347.jpg) > [I don't know that a movie like Doctor Strange couldn't have been the second or third film we made. I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-feige/i-don-t-know-that-a-movie-like-doctor-strange-couldn-t-have-been-the/) [Kevin Feige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-feige/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/kevin-feige-9580_character_i-don-t-know-that-a-movie-like-doctor-st_2911339.jpg) > [“...each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/each-reader-creates-his-own-film-inside-his-head-gives-faces-to-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/paulo-coelho-10_books_each-reader-creates-his-own-film-inside_2673136.jpg) > [I'VE NOTICED, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IF THE EXTERNAL, EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES IN A FILM ARE BASED ON THE FILMMAKER'S OWN MEMORY,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-ve-noticed-from-my-experience-if-the-external-emotional/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_art_i-ve-noticed-from-my-experience-if-the-e_884147.jpg) > [A few of my books, over the years, have been optioned for film. The subject matter of my books, however, is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-laymon/a-few-of-my-books-over-the-years-have-been-optioned-for-film-the/) [Richard Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-laymon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/richard-laymon-25484_being-true_a-few-of-my-books-over-the-years-have-be_1017082.jpg) > ["Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/based-on-a-true-story-is-a-come-on-the-aesthetic-equivalent-of-no/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/david-mamet-1178_aesthetic_based-on-a-true-story-is-a-come-on-the-a_672971.jpg) > [I would love to act in a film if it is based on my life. But then it all depends on who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-v-sindhu/i-would-love-to-act-in-a-film-if-it-is-based-on-my-life-but-then-it/) [P. V. Sindhu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-v-sindhu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/p-v-sindhu-5499_cinema_i-would-love-to-act-in-a-film-if-it-is-b_1069497.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-based/#itemlist", "name": "Film Based Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Franco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based-on-a-true-story-to-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/james-franco-2025_cinema_it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based_1121364.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/james-franco-2025_cinema_it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based_1121364.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/james-franco-2025_cinema_it-s-hard-when-you-re-doing-a-film-based_1121364.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships…” — James Franco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Rampling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-rampling/a-film-based-on-a-jolly-good-john-grisham-book-is-fine-but-i-like-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/charlotte-rampling-8189_book_a-film-based-on-a-jolly-good-john-grisha_1603095.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/charlotte-rampling-8189_book_a-film-based-on-a-jolly-good-john-grisha_1603095.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/charlotte-rampling-8189_book_a-film-based-on-a-jolly-good-john-grisha_1603095.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin” — Charlotte Rampling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Success of a film is not only based on the film being good or bad. 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