Film Quotes · Page 207

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

— Joe Wright

All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.

— Steve Buscemi

Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; other times, like a car accident.

— Eric Roberts

Without critical acclaim, you are just a successful commercial director, and nothing more.

— Priyadarshan

You can't expect critics to appreciate all kinds of cinema.

— Allu Arjun

Horror films don't create fear. They release it.

— Wes Craven

Cinema is not a series of abstract ideas, but rather the phrasing of moments.

— Jean-Luc Godard

It's pretty rare that I see a film that I did a long, long time ago.

— John Lithgow

I had auditioned for 'Band Baaja Baarat' but did not get selected. I was feeling bad, was upset. But I think certain…

— Rhea Chakraborty

What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they…

— Ben Whishaw

Ultimately, I think the movie's about working as a means of finding meaning in your life. It's about the lesson, the great…

— David Krumholtz

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

— Melissa George

If you're doing a film, the smallest nuance is so big on screen, so you have to learn to control your face.

— Omid Djalili

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that…

— Charlie Hunnam

I just believe in the movie. I don't care what the book was like. I don't care what the previous film was…

— Billy Connolly

As you get older naked stuff [on film] gets easier. It's more to do with the role than what men in the…

— Helen Mirren

In truth, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” isn't about Sept. 11. It's about the impulse to drain that day of its specificity…

— Manohla Dargis

Maybe if I'd gone in younger, I wouldn't have had that feeling, but I've seen an enormous amount of changes since the…

— Richard Masur

'Noah' doesn't merely get the story wrong; like all Biblical adaptations, it's bound to do that (although some aspects of the film…

— Ben Shapiro

Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room…

— Robbie Coltraine

Im hoping that for film actors there is this kind of emotional trigger on any subject. It need not be only slums.…

— Shabana Azmi

I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years.…

— Roger Ross Williams

Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to…

— Tamzin Merchant

What I liked about doing a soundtrack is that it's almost the opposite of any kind of normal recording that a band…

— Tim Gane

Tamil films have to be faster than a Malayalam film but not as fast as a Hindi film.

— Priyadarshan

It's hard. It's hard to get a film made properly.

— Bennett Miller

If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.

— Evangeline Lilly

You know, 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' was a great movie that I thoroughly enjoyed.

— Simu Liu

I never directly think of certain films. I know I am influenced by all the films I see.

— Tom Six

Darjeeling holds a special place in my heart as a lot of my film, 'Yaariyan,' was shot there.

— Divya Khosla Kumar

As a film-maker, I enjoy telling stories, and every film has its own journey.

— Dileesh Pothan

My goal is not to make a 100 crore film but a film which has got content.

— Shweta Tripathi

You can recognise when a film-maker really, really cares about what they're doing.

— Kathleen Kennedy

Actually, the first film that I did was more like college boys project.

— Abhinav Shukla

There's always the pressure to make the movie good.

— Chris Carter

I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.

— Nicolas Cage

It was cool when the Duffers assigned a list of movies to watch.

— Finn Wolfhard

There is unlimited scope for a film to expand and grow on the Internet.

— Vikrant Massey

I really got into film noir was when I was supposed to play Orson Welles in a movie.

— Jacob Elordi

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

— Noah Baumbach