Film Quotes · Page 188

Sometimes, I think filmmakers grab too much from real life.

— Mani Ratnam

Moviegoers love the intricacies of a crime all the more when it's for a good cause.

— James Surowiecki

When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.

— Salman Rushdie

I got into film school thinking I was going to make features, like every other film geek.

— Hiro Murai

Remember: TV is a format, film is a format, and books are a format.

— Robert Gottlieb

A theatrical release is not possible for a short film.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I always make sure that every film of mine has some element of freshness to it.

— Suriya

I've done a lot of film, so I'd like to get back into television.

— Emily Atack

I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

I still don't know what the film was about because all I remember is a whole lot of technical dialogue about a…

— Anthony Hopkins

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.

— Eric Fellner

It is truly connected to your job as an actor, and it benefits the character and the entire film to build a…

— Fred Hechinger

I've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage.

— Tom Stoppard

Life is now a film, don't end it, we are all here for a reason but so many people cut that film…

— Chenoa Cobb

Harvey Weinstein bought our film, and he's an animal. He's got us out there campaigning and everything because honestly it's a silent…

— Penelope Ann Miller

I'm such a huge fan of television and what's happening in television, right now. You are able to visit characters and visit…

— Dakota Fanning

I think everyone goes through chapters in their life and there was a time when I wasn't feeling terribly positive about what…

— Jude Law

With film, you read the whole script three or four times, and you really have a solid blueprint of who your character…

— Graham Phillips

But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is…

— Parminder Nagra

The thing is, to try to talk about a performance that will never be seen again, that was only lived by the…

— John Buffalo Mailer

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or…

— Ian Somerhalder

I felt like any individual's recovery was more important than the film I was making. And I actually felt that my presence…

— Brian Lindstrom

The physicality was important to me. Because the film has Shane Black's dialogue, and [Robert] Downey's delivery, and you look at [Jon]…

— James Badge Dale

I don't think young people would recollect or know about my films.

— Simi Garewal

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.

— Anil Kapoor

I only work every couple of years. I go into retirement between films.

— Paul Hogan

I can't do a vulgar film. I would like to be taken seriously.

— Regina Cassandra

My films are like Christmas: you can't wait to open it.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I wanted to direct a film that can showcase my son's acting prowess.

— Thambi Ramaiah

I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.

— Imtiaz Ali

You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film,

— Herbert Lom

I love the camaraderie that develops on film sets and ensemble casts. It's really special.

— Will Poulter

Every single film I've done, it's about the character.

— Idris Elba

Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.

— Patrick Warburton

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

— Jason Reitman

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Every movie is different. Every movie requires its own sort of photographic voice.

— David Ayer

Art talk is punk. Let the movie do your speaking for you.

— David Denby