Film Quotes · Page 23

“Sequels always have to be bigger.”

— Brandon Sanderson

Comedy pays the bills if I can't find a film.

— Robin Williams

Film is a team thing. There is no auteur.

— Debra Granik

I love 'Training Day' - that's a great movie.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I'm still trying to do films about black women.

— Pam Grier

I love celluloid. I love the look of it.

— Sean Baker

The film makers are the true movie stars.

— Logan Lerman

I am passionate about film festivals.

— Vivek Agnihotri

In my films, accessibility is something I do on purpose.

— Hito Steyerl

Making films is like making stuff together as kids.

— Sofia Coppola

I'd like to be in a Spike Jonze movie. But I live in a Nancy Meyers movie.

— Chris Rock

The audience is making the film and not the film-maker.

— Woody Allen

We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?

— Cicely Tyson

When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.

— Ridley Scott

The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.

— Bill Murray

I am not that kind of a director who makes two films per year.

— Vivek Agnihotri

Everybody expects you to be qualified to talk about your films, but in a way, you're the least qualified person to talk…

— Danny Boyle

I'd be very interested to direct myself on film. I think it would be almost impossible on the stage.

— Denis Lawson

I'm just going to let people watch whatever little movie they think our lives are and go for it.

— Kristen Stewart

I wouldn't mind doing a film revolving around horses, but I wouldn't dilute my equity just sitting on one.

— Randeep Hooda

Film music really is about point of view and you can shift it wherever you want really depending on how you look…

— Howard Shore

My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that…

— Jason Dolley

You will not find outsiders getting main, important roles in big films. The difficult part is to meet the right people.

— Kirti Kulhari

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always…

— Joaquin Phoenix

I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but…

— Mira Nair

I'm a fan of horrors. I love the ones that make you jump. My girlfriend hates it. I've been dating her for…

— Jared Padalecki

I never think of people's nationality too much. I always look at everybody the same. It's impossible for me to just say…

— Vin Diesel

I think the first film you do with your instincts because you haven't learned with another director or you haven't worked on…

— Nadine Labaki

All of my films have been very hard to understand at the script stage because they're very different. At the time I…

— George Lucas

You have to, in a way, just get your head down and do the work and not expect every day to bring…

— Martin Freeman

I love collaboration. I love working with people to come up with something better than what I initially thought. With directing, you…

— Joe Hahn

I am defined also by Woody Allen’s films and Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch and Julian Schnabel or Almodóvar, or by Guillermo…

— Demian Bichir

Today it's not culture; it's box office.

— Alex North

Some films shouldn't be remade.

— Ram Charan

I want all of my films to belong to me.

— Alexander Payne

Success and failure are a part of filmmaking.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

A director without a vision is a catastrophe.

— Alan Arkin

I did 'Doubt' as a film, a play and an opera.

— John Patrick Shanley

I've always been in love with film and music.

— JaVale McGee

A film has its own life and takes its own time.

— Aaron Eckhart