--- title: "5 Film Seriously Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Film Seriously quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Film Seriously sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/michael-haneke-3712_art_there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it_110303.jpg" --- > [“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it-seriously-as-an-artistic/) [Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/michael-haneke-3712_art_there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it_110303.jpg) > [You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-mirren/you-could-build-three-hospitals-with-the-cost-of-one-film-and-i-take/) [Helen Mirren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-mirren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/helen-mirren-1937_cinema_you-could-build-three-hospitals-with-the_527285.png) > [As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/as-a-european-filmmaker-you-can-not-make-a-genre-film-seriously-you/) [Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/michael-haneke-3712_can-not_as-a-european-filmmaker-you-can-not-make_1062883.jpg) > [A Few Good Men' and 'As Good As It Gets' were the advent of me taking film seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-walter-hauser/a-few-good-men-and-as-good-as-it-gets-were-the-advent-of-me-taking/) [Paul Walter Hauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-walter-hauser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/paul-walter-hauser-9608_cinema_a-few-good-men-and-as-good-as-it-gets-we_1177056.jpg) > [The first time I ever thought about doing a film seriously, I was in London. I was about 17 years old. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/the-first-time-i-ever-thought-about-doing-a-film-seriously-i-was-in/) [William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/william-monahan-3226_bits_the-first-time-i-ever-thought-about-doin_2090933.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-seriously/#itemlist", "name": "Film Seriously Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good time, to simply be entertained. I have to be careful , because it sounds like I am condemning, or criticizing what people are doing. 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