Film Quotes · Page 125

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

I don't want to be a bad performer in a good film.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

— Ang Lee

I love football, but I'm also very passionate about photography and film.

— Brooklyn Beckham

Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.

— Dean Devlin

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

— Tom Ford

I kind of love working on film because television in live, that's tricky.

— Rob Marshall

Cinema is not about wearing 'bikni' and showing 'six packs'... All these are secondary.

— Kay Kay Menon

I have done a film like 'Kaalpurush' by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and then I also have movies like 'Musafir,' where I am an…

— Sameera Reddy

This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that…

— Helena Christensen

It doesn't matter what I'm doing - I wish it was something else. If I'm producing, I wish I was directing. If…

— Sydney Pollack

I get so tired of people saying, 'Oh, you only make fantasy films and this and that', and I'm like, 'Well no,…

— Tim Burton

I was planning to make 'Hate Story 2,' but I stepped out of that project. I don't want to repeat the genre.

— Vivek Agnihotri

My cameo appearance in 'Happy New Year' doesn't mean I am seriously considering a shift to cinema, not at all.

— Kiku Sharda

I love direction. I met Roopesh Peethambaran and assisted him in his maiden venture, 'Theevram'.

— Tovino Thomas

The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I'm all for that, but film can also challenge you…

— Ezra Miller

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through. Studios no longer…

— Ava DuVernay

The studio is spending great amounts of money, and they want some insurance they will get money back. They go for the…

— Brian Helgeland

I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas,…

— Randeep Hooda

I would like to do more feature work. I intend to do that. To be really honest, it's an economic thing because…

— Roman Coppola

I'm very aware that the future of any film is not necessarily the theatrical experience, it's the home video experience because that…

— Alfonso Cuaron

Perhaps where text slides toward ambiguity, film inclines to specificity. A novel contains as many versions of itself as it has readers,…

— David Mitchell

I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I…

— Julia Stiles

For me, it's about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That's what's big to…

— Kevin Hart

Films are all I know. I wouldn't know what to do with a day off.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.

— Kate Bush

Usually, I come for film promotions or events, but I have so many fond memories of Delhi.

— Anushka Sharma

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

— Billy Bob Thornton

'Victoria Para Chino,' my 2nd-year film at NYU, gave birth to 'Sin Nombre.'

— Cary Fukunaga

This may sound strange, but I did not join the film industry to be a star and be successful.

— Shruti Haasan

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

— Quentin Tarantino

I definitely want to go the route of feature films.

— Joe Penny

What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.

— Christopher McQuarrie

My endeavour in most of my movies is to inspire people.

— Sidharth Malhotra

There are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries.

— Kiefer Sutherland

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

— George Lucas

The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.

— Paul Newman

I like films that are edgy, provocative, non-formula and original.

— Abhay Deol

I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.

— Benh Zeitlin

I have a production company called Home Theater Films which makes faith-based films.

— Corbin Bernsen