Film Quotes · Page 248

Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them.

— Ethan Coen

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

— Stephen Fry

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

— Julie Christie

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

— Lars von Trier

Directors should be paid for promising impossible things.

— Diego Luna

How can anyone say no to be a part in a film like 'Ramanujan?'

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I reach on the sets ready to be moulded by the director and give my best shot.

— Vikrant Massey

The success of a film is always a combination of many people's efforts.

— Mammootty

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

— Norman Jewison

When I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration.

— Tibor Fischer

What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were…

— Rachel McAdams

I love Meghna Gulzar's film making and her style of story telling. In her films, every character, small or big, is beautifully…

— Amruta Khanvilkar

Certainly as a director you want to be working with people who are on the same page as you and that you…

— Robert Eggers

Filmmaking involves a lot of money and hard work, which should not be wasted, though nobody knows which film will be a…

— Hema Malini

I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.

— Ornella Muti

Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“R means under 18 accompanied by an adult. Therefore all corporately funded films in the US must be made with the concept…

— Anonymous

It's a do-it-yourself kind of era with these pieces and bits of technology called iPhones. You can film your own stuff and…

— Tamlyn Tomita

Quentin [Tarantino] is a filmmaker who really dives into things very seriously and deeply. And when he does interviews, he really wears…

— Simon Kinberg

The American public is a very specialized public. The reason it is taken as a realistic film is because inside the fable,…

— Sergio Leone

Sometimes I make very selfish choices; like I did 'Once Upon A Time' for my inner 8-year-old and my hypothetical future child.…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I must be honest and say that I was under the fascination of films. I was fascinated by all films, even the…

— Sergio Leone

...when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra’s Oxford…

— Philip Pullman

I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type…

— Morris Chestnut

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

— Richard Linklater

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

— Michelle Rodriguez

There are so many directors, young and old, around - all doing their thing and struggling.

— Noma Dumezweni

I love the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end.

— Elizabeth Banks

'Son Chiriya' is a special film with lovely co-stars and a sorted out director.

— Bhumi Pednekar

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

— Liya Kebede

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

— Klaus Kinski

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

With 'Hereditary', I wanted to make a film about what bothers me about life.

— Ari Aster

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

— John Landis

In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African.

— Paul Robeson

With every movie, I try to do something different, whether it's action, comedy or drama.

— Andrew Lau

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.

— Abel Ferrara

Sometimes my favorite directors are the ones I literally want to punch in the nose.

— Connie Britton

I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again.

— Mia Wasikowska

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

— Roberto Benigni