--- title: "12 Film Person Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Film Person quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Film Person sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/sajid-nadiadwala-7003_big_i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big_2937294.jpg" --- > [I am a film person and hence I think big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sajid-nadiadwala/i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big/) [Sajid Nadiadwala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sajid-nadiadwala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/sajid-nadiadwala-7003_big_i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big_2937294.jpg) > [I am not a greedy film person even as an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manoj-kumar/i-am-not-a-greedy-film-person-even-as-an-actor/) [Manoj Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manoj-kumar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/manoj-kumar-9183_actor_i-am-not-a-greedy-film-person-even-as-an_2223502.jpg) > [I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gould/i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-filmmaker-or-as-a-film-person-than-as/) [Peter Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/peter-gould-29615_anything_i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-filmmaker-or_793501.jpg) > [I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-bening/i-love-watching-people-listen-and-on-film-often-some-of-the-best/) [Annette Bening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-bening/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/annette-bening-3058_cinema_i-love-watching-people-listen-and-on-fil_2067980.jpg) > [It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the funds to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/it-s-a-unique-experience-when-you-re-doing-an-independent-film-where/) [Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/forest-whitaker-3022_cinema_it-s-a-unique-experience-when-you-re-doi_1414061.jpg) > [Making a film is not about one person. It involves a whole lot of permutations and combinations. Everything has to fall in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-agnihotri/making-a-film-is-not-about-one-person-it-involves-a-whole-lot-of/) [Vivek Agnihotri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivek-agnihotri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/vivek-agnihotri-5748_cinema_making-a-film-is-not-about-one-person-it_477926.jpg) > [It is not easy to make an ensemble film - if there is one person with the wrong attitude, you are jacked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shefali-shah/it-is-not-easy-to-make-an-ensemble-film-if-there-is-one-person-with/) [Shefali Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shefali-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/shefali-shah-6652_attitude_it-is-not-easy-to-make-an-ensemble-film_2675370.jpg) > [A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-henson/a-film-is-not-done-by-one-person-it-s-done-by-a-lot-of-people-i-love/) [Jim Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/jim-henson-7889_aspect_a-film-is-not-done-by-one-person-it-s-do_2835138.jpg) > [I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiwetel-ejiofor/i-am-aware-that-i-have-been-incredibly-fortunate-in-my-life-to-work/) [Chiwetel Ejiofor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiwetel-ejiofor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/chiwetel-ejiofor-4438_able_i-am-aware-that-i-have-been-incredibly-f_1567006.jpg) > [I don't believe you can make an honest film about another person in all their complexities from a place of distance. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-oppenheimer/i-don-t-believe-you-can-make-an-honest-film-about-another-person-in/) [Joshua Oppenheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-oppenheimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/joshua-oppenheimer-24024_believe_i-don-t-believe-you-can-make-an-honest-f_2668728.jpg) > [For 'Jeremiah Johnson,' nobody wanted to make that film. I went to Sydney Pollack, and I said, 'Sydney, I live in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/for-jeremiah-johnson-nobody-wanted-to-make-that-film-i-went-to-sydney/) [Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/robert-redford-1707_cinema_for-jeremiah-johnson-nobody-wanted-to-ma_1790800.png) > [Both films and TV have their compunctions, their positives and negatives. For example, I explored a character at great length in 'Maryada'...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vishwajeet-pradhan/both-films-and-tv-have-their-compunctions-their-positives-and/) [Vishwajeet Pradhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vishwajeet-pradhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/vishwajeet-pradhan-10026_actor_both-films-and-tv-have-their-compunction_2804909.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/#itemlist", "name": "Film Person Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a film person and hence I think big.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sajid Nadiadwala" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sajid-nadiadwala/i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/sajid-nadiadwala-7003_big_i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big_2937294.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/sajid-nadiadwala-7003_big_i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big_2937294.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/sajid-nadiadwala-7003_big_i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big_2937294.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a film person and hence I think big.” — Sajid Nadiadwala", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am not a greedy film person even as an actor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Manoj Kumar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manoj-kumar/i-am-not-a-greedy-film-person-even-as-an-actor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/manoj-kumar-9183_actor_i-am-not-a-greedy-film-person-even-as-an_2223502.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/manoj-kumar-9183_actor_i-am-not-a-greedy-film-person-even-as-an_2223502.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/manoj-kumar-9183_actor_i-am-not-a-greedy-film-person-even-as-an_2223502.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am not a greedy film person even as an actor.” — Manoj Kumar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of playwriting or anything like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Gould" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gould/i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-filmmaker-or-as-a-film-person-than-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/peter-gould-29615_anything_i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-filmmaker-or_793501.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/peter-gould-29615_anything_i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-filmmaker-or_793501.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/peter-gould-29615_anything_i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-filmmaker-or_793501.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out…” — Peter Gould", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annette Bening" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-bening/i-love-watching-people-listen-and-on-film-often-some-of-the-best/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/annette-bening-3058_cinema_i-love-watching-people-listen-and-on-fil_2067980.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/annette-bening-3058_cinema_i-love-watching-people-listen-and-on-fil_2067980.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/annette-bening-3058_cinema_i-love-watching-people-listen-and-on-fil_2067980.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite…” — Annette Bening", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the funds to make the film.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Forest Whitaker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/it-s-a-unique-experience-when-you-re-doing-an-independent-film-where/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/forest-whitaker-3022_cinema_it-s-a-unique-experience-when-you-re-doi_1414061.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/forest-whitaker-3022_cinema_it-s-a-unique-experience-when-you-re-doi_1414061.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/forest-whitaker-3022_cinema_it-s-a-unique-experience-when-you-re-doi_1414061.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the…” — Forest Whitaker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Making a film is not about one person. It involves a whole lot of permutations and combinations. Everything has to fall in the right place.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vivek Agnihotri" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivek-agnihotri/making-a-film-is-not-about-one-person-it-involves-a-whole-lot-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/vivek-agnihotri-5748_cinema_making-a-film-is-not-about-one-person-it_477926.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/vivek-agnihotri-5748_cinema_making-a-film-is-not-about-one-person-it_477926.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/vivek-agnihotri-5748_cinema_making-a-film-is-not-about-one-person-it_477926.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Making a film is not about one person. It involves a whole lot of permutations and combinations. Everything…” — Vivek Agnihotri", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not easy to make an ensemble film - if there is one person with the wrong attitude, you are jacked.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shefali Shah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shefali-shah/it-is-not-easy-to-make-an-ensemble-film-if-there-is-one-person-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/shefali-shah-6652_attitude_it-is-not-easy-to-make-an-ensemble-film_2675370.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/shefali-shah-6652_attitude_it-is-not-easy-to-make-an-ensemble-film_2675370.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/shefali-shah-6652_attitude_it-is-not-easy-to-make-an-ensemble-film_2675370.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not easy to make an ensemble film - if there is one person with the wrong attitude, you are jacked.” — Shefali Shah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Henson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-henson/a-film-is-not-done-by-one-person-it-s-done-by-a-lot-of-people-i-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/jim-henson-7889_aspect_a-film-is-not-done-by-one-person-it-s-do_2835138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/jim-henson-7889_aspect_a-film-is-not-done-by-one-person-it-s-do_2835138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/jim-henson-7889_aspect_a-film-is-not-done-by-one-person-it-s-do_2835138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with and pursue the projects that I have been able to do. There are so many films that I have done that I really, as a film person, as a film fan, that I like. And that is a nice place to think of a career in.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chiwetel Ejiofor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiwetel-ejiofor/i-am-aware-that-i-have-been-incredibly-fortunate-in-my-life-to-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/chiwetel-ejiofor-4438_able_i-am-aware-that-i-have-been-incredibly-f_1567006.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/chiwetel-ejiofor-4438_able_i-am-aware-that-i-have-been-incredibly-f_1567006.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/chiwetel-ejiofor-4438_able_i-am-aware-that-i-have-been-incredibly-f_1567006.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am aware that I have been incredibly fortunate in my life to work with the people that I have worked with…” — Chiwetel Ejiofor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't believe you can make an honest film about another person in all their complexities from a place of distance. You can make a journalistic report, you can judge someone from a distance, but you can't really get to know them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joshua Oppenheimer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-oppenheimer/i-don-t-believe-you-can-make-an-honest-film-about-another-person-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/joshua-oppenheimer-24024_believe_i-don-t-believe-you-can-make-an-honest-f_2668728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/joshua-oppenheimer-24024_believe_i-don-t-believe-you-can-make-an-honest-f_2668728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/joshua-oppenheimer-24024_believe_i-don-t-believe-you-can-make-an-honest-f_2668728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't believe you can make an honest film about another person in all their complexities from a place of…” — Joshua Oppenheimer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For 'Jeremiah Johnson,' nobody wanted to make that film. I went to Sydney Pollack, and I said, 'Sydney, I live in the mountains, and I would like to make a film about a person that had to exist in the mountains and survive in the mountains.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Redford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/for-jeremiah-johnson-nobody-wanted-to-make-that-film-i-went-to-sydney/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/robert-redford-1707_cinema_for-jeremiah-johnson-nobody-wanted-to-ma_1790800.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/robert-redford-1707_cinema_for-jeremiah-johnson-nobody-wanted-to-ma_1790800.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/robert-redford-1707_cinema_for-jeremiah-johnson-nobody-wanted-to-ma_1790800.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For 'Jeremiah Johnson,' nobody wanted to make that film. I went to Sydney Pollack, and I said, 'Sydney, I…” — Robert Redford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Both films and TV have their compunctions, their positives and negatives. For example, I explored a character at great length in 'Maryada'... which can be the ultimate high for an actor, but I won't get this luxury as a film person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vishwajeet Pradhan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vishwajeet-pradhan/both-films-and-tv-have-their-compunctions-their-positives-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/vishwajeet-pradhan-10026_actor_both-films-and-tv-have-their-compunction_2804909.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/vishwajeet-pradhan-10026_actor_both-films-and-tv-have-their-compunction_2804909.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/vishwajeet-pradhan-10026_actor_both-films-and-tv-have-their-compunction_2804909.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Both films and TV have their compunctions, their positives and negatives. For example, I explored a…” — Vishwajeet Pradhan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/", "name": "Film Person Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/sajid-nadiadwala-7003_big_i-am-a-film-person-and-hence-i-think-big_2937294.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 12 Film Person quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Film Person sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Film Person Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-person/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```