Film Quotes · Page 235

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.

— Ted Rall

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

— Salman Rushdie

I started my production house with the idea of directing one day.

— Arbaaz Khan

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

— James Surowiecki

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

— Mani Ratnam

A theatrical release is not possible for a short film.

— Karthik Subbaraj

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

I've done some movies where it gets to the point where it's like, 'He goes to the mall, shirtless,' and you're like,…

— Jacob Elordi

You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have…

— David Morse

The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes.

— Atom Egoyan

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought…

— Holliday Grainger

I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the…

— Adam Driver

Many have asked me, 'Why have a film festival in the middle of a war?' But they have it backwards. The question…

— Haris Pasovic

A lot of great fighters were amateur wrestlers first and you can study them on film to see how they adapted the…

— Jake Hager

Once a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic…

— Donal Logue

Having had that experience... I think, what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you…

— Tom Selleck

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't…

— Zoe Kravitz

It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his…

— Steven Spielberg

I like the sensibility of Australian film a lot and the crews are fantastic. Great characters, wonderful people and no line between…

— Barbara Hershey

I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art…

— Banksy

[The Ghost Team] is basically about people who have nothing to do, and so they do something really silly and stupid. It's…

— David Krumholtz

I love scuba diving. I'm an avid diver. And, there's this beautiful world that's more incredible than any CGI film we could…

— Blake Lively

“The fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable…

— Walker Percy

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

— Suriya

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

— Simi Garewal

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

— Emily Atack

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

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

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

— Thambi Ramaiah

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

— Will Poulter

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

— Herbert Lom

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

— Imtiaz Ali

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