Film Quotes · Page 229

I have not done films that need me to be a superstar. I have done more off-beat cinema.

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

I think filmmaking is a team work and it's a shared responsibility.

— Daisy Shah

Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.

— David Strathairn

Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.

— Jeffrey Jones

I come from Venezuela, from the independent film arena, and you work with one camera.

— Edgar Ramirez

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

— Joseph Kosinski

I want to work in films but without compromising on my dignity.

— Pratyusha Banerjee

The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

Good films that get made are so few and far between. I want to write and direct more, but only so I…

— Benedict Samuel

The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change…

— Sylvester Stallone

I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in…

— Anurag Kashyap

The worst thing about being a freelance film director is that you're scrambling around Soho with a briefcase, looking for somewhere to…

— Ken Loach

One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown…

— Patton Oswalt

Between Twitter and Facebook, early word of mouth for a film can destroy it immediately or take something you've never heard of…

— Dana Brunetti

I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my…

— Mathieu Amalric

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent…

— Samantha Morton

On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want…

— Neil Burger

[Jack Nash from The Andromeda Strain] was not in the original film, but he was kind of a Geraldo Rivera almost kind…

— Eric McCormack

Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can…

— Stephen Daldry

I've learned that I can't do it all at once. So, you have to figure out your angle of attack. Coming in…

— Columbus Short

I'm lucky enough to be able to make films and so I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears…

— Michael Haneke

I would not have been interested in doing just a revenge film simply because I have seen so many revenge films right…

— Sriram Raghavan

Even if people hate my other movies, and hate me, or whatever, I think from this point of view, Postal is the…

— Uwe Boll

The perfect equation is form equals content. The style of the film reflects the story, and that's what you're always aiming for.…

— Danny Boyle

I feel like I'm always trying to make a movie about the Two Faced Man in some way.

— Ryan Gosling

You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.

— Werner Herzog

I was amazed at the rosy glow that can be around one when youre in a film thats done well.

— Embeth Davidtz

I think staying away from labels is what makes my films refreshing.

— Aurora Guerrero

I like to say that films are never finished, they're only abandoned.

— George Lucas

Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself

— Michael Haneke

I love being a part of the whole journey of a film being made.

— Nushrat Bharucha

I am very lucky that my first film was fully commissioned by HBO.

— Lauren Greenfield

I think all my films have a different journey. Therefore, I take it as it comes.

— Vicky Kaushal

I've learned a lot about getting film sensibilities on digital.

— John Hillcoat

Certain directors have that eye where something is beautiful as well as funny.

— Lolly Adefope

I'm the first Indian actress to shoot for a Pakistani film in Pakistan.

— Kirron Kher

The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.

— Richard Price

I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

— Mike Leigh

Life's such a movie, filmed independent, us against the city.

— The Wkend

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger