Film Quotes · Page 118

There are two cinemas: the films we have actually seen and the memories we have of them.

— Molly Haskell

I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.

— Kathryn Bigelow

My films have mostly been about the rise of desire as the discovery of oneself.

— Celine Sciamma

Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film.

— Jim Piddock

When people finance a movie, they have their own ideas and have things they want to change.

— Lulu Wang

If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

— Eli Roth

I don't think that a film that has children in it necessarily needs to be a children's film.

— Pankaj Kapur

Going after any movie there is a lot of competition to try and get it.

— Jon M. Chu

You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot…

— Guillaume Canet

Do you like foreign films?” “With subtitles?” “Yes.” “I hate those types of films.” “Me too,” Cliff says. “Mostly because - “…

— Matthew Quick

I've always wanted to make a film about the Tong Wars, the rioting and the crime factions in San Francisco's Chinatown in…

— Wong Kar-wai

I feel very strongly that a film isn't just a story, but the WAY that a story is told. It's why I…

— Larry Fessenden

“Plays are nearly always about the consequences of events while films are usually about the events. The what-happens-next factor is essential in…

— Richard Toscan

What Joe and I get excited by, creatively, is exploring all of the different forms of filmmaking.

— Anthony Russo

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really…

— Bill Condon

Let me put it this way: if 'The Godfather' hadn't been made, 'Sarkaar' wouldn't have been made. That is the truth.

— Ram Gopal Varma

That changes your whole perception of the film, your perception of the ending...The challenge for us, especially with the Lord of the…

— Henry Jenkins

'The Room' was such a specific piece of cinema that worked because it was so sincere. That's the thing that's great about…

— Greg Sestero

We see films all the time, whether they have access to all kinds of intellectual property or artifacts, and the one thing…

— John Ridley

In any movie, there are a number of scenes that get cut in an effort to keep the film from running too…

— Robert B. Weide

“To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe…

— Christopher Hitchens

I think for me when you look at the idea of being able to create a limitless world and use it almost…

— Christopher Nolan

My father was an engineer, .. But I found out that the film critics for the Stanford Daily got free passes for…

— Roger Corman

Depending on the budget [whether to use 3D on future movies]. I think I prefer 3D to 2D now. Also, because of…

— Ang Lee

My art is applied to another art which is cinema, that makes my life much easier.

— Alexandre Desplat

No, there is no 'need' for me to do a social cinema.

— Rishi Kapoor

I find trying to solve problems and save lives is far more important than my film career.

— Nicole Kidman

I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.

— Atom Egoyan

I'm a cinephile. I love foreign films; I love films that are really immersive.

— Trevante Rhodes

I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Film is like a drug. It is a shelter when you cannot deal with reality.

— Apichatpong Weerasethakul

“Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake”

— Alfred Hitchcock

If someone plays a brooding actor in a film, people think they're brooding all the time.

— Joe Rogan

It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.

— Sam Rockwell

That's what I want to continue to do: really odd films, with interesting filmmakers.

— Hong Chau

I would say that working with Ridley Scott makes the process of directing much more terrifying.

— Jon Spaihts

“Don't let's ask for the moon! We have the stars!”

— Anonymous

You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands.

— Alex Van Halen

Coming from a film family didn't help me much and I had to struggle a lot.

— Anu Malik

What I mean is that today's films lay lot of emphasis on glamour and associated emotions.

— Rajendra Prasad