--- title: "12 Film Started Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Film Started quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Film Started sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/taron-egerton-7971_always_i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-wi_1565397.jpg" --- > [I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taron-egerton/i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-with-pixar-movies/) [Taron Egerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taron-egerton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/taron-egerton-7971_always_i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-wi_1565397.jpg) > [I don't want to play second leads or third leads in a film. I started working at 17. I still have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiah-khan/i-don-t-want-to-play-second-leads-or-third-leads-in-a-film-i-started/) [Jiah Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiah-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/jiah-khan-38653_cinema_i-don-t-want-to-play-second-leads-or-thi_2338777.jpg) > ['Fukrey' was a major turning point of my career because it was post this film that I started getting lead roles in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-fazal/fukrey-was-a-major-turning-point-of-my-career-because-it-was-post/) [Ali Fazal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-fazal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/ali-fazal-6591_career_fukrey-was-a-major-turning-point-of-my-c_1561594.jpg) > [There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiefer-sutherland/there-are-a-lot-of-movies-i-d-like-to-throw-away-that-s-not-to-say/) [Kiefer Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiefer-sutherland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/kiefer-sutherland-8318_attitude_there-are-a-lot-of-movies-i-d-like-to-th_652708.jpg) > [I dont want to play second leads or third leads in a film. I started working at 17. I still have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiah-khan/i-dont-want-to-play-second-leads-or-third-leads-in-a-film-i-started/) [Jiah Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiah-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/jiah-khan-38653_cinema_i-dont-want-to-play-second-leads-or-thir_2552658.jpg) > [ I had the luxury of working on the script with Andrew \[Dominik\] for a good year before the film started, so I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/i-had-the-luxury-of-working-on-the-script-with-andrew-dominik-for-a/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/brad-pitt-1608_andrew_i-had-the-luxury-of-working-on-the-scrip_2517753.jpg) > [For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keir-dullea/for-me-the-most-moving-moment-came-when-i-first-started-working-on/) [Keir Dullea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keir-dullea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/keir-dullea-60403_awe_for-me-the-most-moving-moment-came-when_1824867.jpg) > [“By the time we arrived the film had already started, and there was only standing room left behind the screen, where everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sijie-dai/by-the-time-we-arrived-the-film-had-already-started-and-there-was/) [Sijie Dai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sijie-dai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/sijie-dai-68352_backwards_by-the-time-we-arrived-the-film-had-alre_542827.png) > [I studied science and journalism at the University of Colorado and then got interested in experimental film there and started doing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-darnell/i-studied-science-and-journalism-at-the-university-of-colorado-and/) [Eric Darnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-darnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/eric-darnell-83356_cinema_i-studied-science-and-journalism-at-the_251178.jpg) > [ I didn't know anything about film when I first started - I was a painter - but I \[always\] felt that sound… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/i-didn-t-know-anything-about-film-when-i-first-started-i-was-a/) [David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/david-lynch-911_carrie_i-didn-t-know-anything-about-film-when-i_868750.jpg) > [We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-abreu/we-discovered-this-halfway-through-the-process-when-we-started-making/) [Alex Abreu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-abreu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/alex-abreu-19959_america_we-discovered-this-halfway-through-the-p_548836.jpg) > [ I got cast in \[Punisher: War Zone\] and showed up in Montreal two days before the film started, and they said, "We… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-benz/i-got-cast-in-punisher-war-zone-and-showed-up-in-montreal-two-days/) [Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-benz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/julie-benz-7666_accents_i-got-cast-in-punisher-war-zone-and-show_1983178.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-started/#itemlist", "name": "Film Started Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Taron Egerton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taron-egerton/i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-with-pixar-movies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/taron-egerton-7971_always_i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-wi_1565397.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/taron-egerton-7971_always_i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-wi_1565397.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/taron-egerton-7971_always_i-ve-always-loved-film-and-it-started-wi_1565397.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.” — Taron Egerton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to play second leads or third leads in a film. 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