Film Quotes · Page 245

Before 'Moonrise,' I never thought I would be in a movie where I would be struck by lightning.

— Jared Gilman

That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.

— Ian Hart

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

— Rebecca Hall

What matters to me is being part of good films and doing meaty roles.

— Suraj Venjaramood

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.

— Ron Moody

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

— John Woo

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

— Ted Kotcheff

Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

— Philip Kaufman

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

— Alex Winter

I don't want to be in a situation again where I am sitting on a set, wondering why I am there and…

— Pankaj Tripathi

I won't be able to do a film just for bad reasons, for money or for - I just can't. If I…

— Luc Besson

People who make films don't think they have any obligation to help bring (perpetrators) to justice. They are only interested in art,…

— Efraim Zuroff

I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my…

— St. Lucia

I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about.

— Peter Jackson

In my experience, the best directors I've worked with hired people for a purpose. They hire them with trust. There's not many…

— Garrett Hedlund

You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to…

— Anne Parillaud

You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to…

— Chris Pratt

It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And…

— Ian Mckellen

If I was continuously and completely doing films, exploring the medium and had the opportunity to do different characters, I probably would…

— Shamita Shetty

The Malayalam audience knows me as an art film actress, and I am fine with that because I know that such films…

— Nithya Menen

And trust. It takes a long time to trust someone. You work with people, anybody you dont know, it takes about a…

— Helena Bonham Carter

I would recommend that any writer get off their ass at least once and just try it. Directing is a completely different…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

You know, by the time you get to the fourth film in a franchise you're really mining for something different. You're really…

— Leigh Whannell

People want to know if I have a moral standpoint that they should be picking up on, and the truth is, I…

— Jason Reitman

“Even In Life, The Finest Things Are Also Worth Screening”

— Delene Douse

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

— Martin McDonagh

If you are changing yourself with every film, you will be exhausted as an actor.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

The human body is supposed to be 70 percent water. I consider myself 70 percent film

— Hideo Kojima

Cinema serves as a constant reminder to us of who we are and what we are made of.

— Demian Bichir

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

— Peter Jackson

I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.

— David Prowse

I just want to work with good directors and good people.

— Charlie Hunnam

I never go to film festivals. I am allergic to them.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I never sit in a cinema and go, "Ah! I want to be in that film!"

— Carey Mulligan

Actors too need directors who can fire their imagination. The fire needs to be stoked.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

— Kelly Lynch

For me, every film is an interesting experience.

— Mohanlal

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

— Mira Nair

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.

— Morris Chestnut

I think the film [Dream of Life] is life-affirming.

— Patti Smith