Film Quotes · Page 183

The publicity machine for films and television is so much bigger than for theatre.

— Mark Rylance

I respect television in a way that some people who came out of film might not.

— Joss Whedon

I just want to make good films on my own wherever I can.

— Josh Hartnett

I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

— Romany Malco

I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.

— Eric Rohmer

I'm obsessed with Agatha Christie, my favourite film is 'Death On the Nile.'

— Joanna Page

The combo of a great story and good director works for me.

— Tamannaah

Unless a subject interests me, I'll pass it over and save my film for better things.

— Andreas Feininger

I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to…

— Sam Jaeger

So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to…

— Sarah Polley

It makes you feel good when a movie works. Usually when I see an old movie I've made, I say to myself,…

— Warren Beatty

I don't write on set. I also - in a funny way, I don't really differentiate between the writing and directing. I…

— Alex Garland

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in…

— Hayley Atwell

Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my…

— Jacques Rivette

The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the…

— Alex Abreu

I can't decide if this movie is so spectacularly, breathtakingly dumb as to induce stupidity in anyone who watches, or so brutally…

— A. O. Scott

I'd made pretty clear to the people at Paramount and Dreamworks that, if they wanted Lemony Snicket to comment, he would be…

— Daniel Handler

From the very beginning, all of my films have divided the critics. Some have thought them wonderful, and others have found very…

— Stanley Kubrick

The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings…

— Steven Spielberg

I was with Brian De Palma at the time, and he said he wrote the role specifically for me. I don't know…

— Margot Kidder

The single difference between films for children and films for adults is that in films for children, there is always the option…

— Hayao Miyazaki

I am crazy about my own films. The films I've just made I'm crazy about them. But then I don't see them…

— Lars von Trier

The only pressure is the pressure I put on myself, that's up to be I guess to mitigate that. I think there's…

— Cary Fukunaga

I did this movie called 'Patti Cake$,' and there's a scene in it where I was supposed to cry. I just thought…

— Bridget Everett

“Life is actually far better than it is in the movies. And it takes longer.”

— Seth Godin

I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.

— Ram Charan

I really like going to see movies. I know that's super boring but it's true!

— Jess Weixler

If my role in a film is meaty, and I get a good song along with it, then why not?

— Amy Jackson

I've been making the best movies at Elegant Angel since Tom Byron left.

— Marc Wallice

Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

— James Franco

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

— Vanessa Ferlito

I believe filmmakers must travel with their creations long after release.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.

— Sarah Sutton

There's a difference between 'political films' and 'films about Iraq.'

— Rod Lurie

The magic of movie-making is that you get to fulfill your own dreams.

— Maggie Carey

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I love that this film [Into the Forest] has a balance.

— Evan Rachel Wood

10+ likes if I should do movie quotes again today, because I'm not sure if I should or not.

— Anonymous

My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas.

— Alexander Payne

As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.

— Michael Haneke