Film Quotes · Page 270

I don't think cinema has the power to change anybody's life.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

— Yahoo Serious

I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes.

— David Thewlis

There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.

— Jeremy Renner

Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.

— Anthony Minghella

I like to go see films that give me courage and hope.

— Isabelle Adjani

Given a choice, I prefer directing a play to a film.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I can never focus on a film because I'm conscious of my performance.

— Hyun Bin

Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE…

— David Lynch

People have said that my films are very difficult to watch, that they're experiences you are put through rather than ones you…

— John Cassavetes

Foreign distribution is a major aspect of financing films. If you're flooding an entire country with cam rips DVDs before the movie…

— Lexi Alexander

The film from the beginning is not the real world; it's an imaginary world. And this imaginary world is both inside and…

— Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of…

— Zachary Levi

I go where I think I can enjoy myself. Sometimes it's on a big movie, and sometimes it's even on a silly…

— Stellan Skarsgard

“Good film, television, or music keeps you awake, anxious for the next movement or act, and wanting more when it is finished.”

— John Grooters

My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a…

— Naomi Watts

It took a while for me to be able to sit in a room of studios and financiers and say, "I'm not…

— Charlize Theron

I just remember when I came out of film school - and I loved film school - that the industry was such…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Oftentimes when I'm deciding to do a movie, the main thing is really, that I look at, is the director. I've come…

— Matt Damon

Once the script is done, I put it aside for a month. I start thinking of all the films that have influenced…

— Deepa Mehta

An artist or a writer can boast about working for himself, but it would be highly irresponsible of a director to say…

— Joy Mathew

You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such…

— Elvis Mitchell

You could call it that [urban Western], I guess, you could certainly call it that. A lot of these types of films…

— Antoine Fuqua

David Lynch is démodé now, if you look at his films. I looked at them the other weekend.

— Manolo Blahnik

I think that I learned a studio system prefers a sort of professionalism from the director.

— Doug Liman

There aren't many odysseys in cinema for characters.

— Rhys Ifans

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

— Kenneth Anger

Greed-for lack of a better word-is good. Greed is right. Greed works.

— Oliver Stone

I personally think 'Chimes of Midnight' is a much better film than 'Citizen Kane.'

— Christian McKay

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.

— Rebecca Hall

Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.

— Hedy Lamarr

If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer.

— Michel Gondry

I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went.

— David Naughton

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It's their culture.

— Jet Li

Sometimes, I check out film sites if a friend sends me the URL.

— Sushmita Sen

To make an entire country as big as America aware of a movie costs so much money.

— Lexi Alexander

My knowledge of horror films is pathetic because I can't really watch them.

— Geena Davis

The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general.

— David Cassidy

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

— Andy Wachowski