Film Quotes · Page 273

I don't want to exclusively direct white films, or black films. I want to have a choice.

— Bill Duke

Good films flop, atrocious films do well. Uncertainty is the only certainty in this business.

— Madhuri Dixit Nene

I would be perfectly happy doing an indie film that had some really cool creative ideas.

— Robert Stromberg

'Once Upon a Time in the West' is a great movie.

— Ethan Coen

You don't have to have a true story to make a true story movie.

— Ethan Coen

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

— Andrzej Wajda

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

— Nicholas Hoult

LGBTQIA inclusion in media, especially TV and film, is not just important, it's essential.

— Tommy Dorfman

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

— Steven Soderbergh

I think it is so much more fun to discover film in the movie theatre when there is so much anticipation about…

— Anne Hathaway

There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I…

— Andrew Haigh

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in…

— Pauline Kael

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film…

— Donnie Yen

Alex [Kendrick] and I started out the whole film-making journey as a desire to reach people for Christ and try to impact…

— Stephen Kendrick

Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and…

— Fede Alvarez

I went for a more classical approach to filmmaking with lots of dolly, track and cranes, and slightly slower, more choreographed fight…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well…

— Viggo Mortensen

'Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in…

— John Waters

I really do like the independent way of working. You don't get much studio intrusion compared to when you're working on a…

— Steven Bauer

Personally, I love going to see a film when you can really watch a character. If you've just read some article about…

— Christian Bale

I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I…

— Steve Martin

The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets…

— Bertolt Brecht

I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the…

— Cheryl Hines

As a horror movie fan, I was very obsessed with horror films. Still am. I love the genre. For me, horror films…

— Bryan Fuller

I do whatever the directors and writers ask me to do.

— Brahmanandam

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

— Mahesh Babu

That incredible bubble and high expectations built at festivals can work against a film.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I'm not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies.

— Diablo Cody

As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college.

— Damien Chazelle

My best experiences with movies have come when I didn't know what to see.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective.

— Stephen Chbosky

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

— John Leguizamo

I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

— Clint Eastwood

The best I can do is to make a film every two years.

— Martin Scorsese

At the end of the day, all I want is that my films should do well.

— Mani Ratnam

What’s really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesn’t support the story.

— Wally Pfister

My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.

— John Waters

Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.

— Zoe Cassavetes

I got into acting to get my foot in the door for film-making.

— Logan Lerman

I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.

— Hansika Motwani