Film Quotes · Page 283

I have nothing against the film industry, but my mom asked me to do anything but act.

— Shenaz Treasury

I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.

— Jasper Fforde

A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

— Ang Lee

I love football, but I'm also very passionate about photography and film.

— Brooklyn Beckham

Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets.

— Dean Devlin

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

— Tom Ford

I kind of love working on film because television in live, that's tricky.

— Rob Marshall

Cinema is not about wearing 'bikni' and showing 'six packs'... All these are secondary.

— Kay Kay Menon

There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to…

— Frederick Lenz

The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted…

— Gary Sherman

Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if…

— John Waters

The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, 'The Exorcist.' It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I…

— Keegan Allen

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.

— Andy Serkis

I've never made the film I wanted to make. No matter what happens, it never turns out exactly as I hoped.

— Roger Corman

I don't try to come in and act like I know it all, and that's why I put the extra work in…

— Rajon Rondo

What happens with a good score is, somehow the composer manages to cast himself or herself in the role of the protagonist.…

— James Newton Howard

It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero…

— Jason Reitman

People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people…

— Adam Garcia

Ballet has really helped me in every acting role. You have to be very disciplined, you have to be able to control…

— Mia Wasikowska

So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos…

— Ramachandra Guha

Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty…

— Alan Menken

I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul…

— Ricky Gervais

The premiere of Lynne Ramsay's film of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture…

— Lionel Shriver

I realized that I really, almost by accident, had fallen into a labyrinthine, very powerful paradigm for dealing with these things through…

— Wes Craven

Sorry the movie New Year's Eve will still be more enjoyable than your actual New Year's Eve.

— Anonymous

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

If you could do 'Mario Kart' as a really cool film I'd do that.

— Eoin Macken

I don't want to be a bad performer in a good film.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.

— Christopher McQuarrie

My endeavour in most of my movies is to inspire people.

— Sidharth Malhotra

There are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries.

— Kiefer Sutherland

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

— George Lucas

The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.

— Paul Newman

Films are all I know. I wouldn't know what to do with a day off.

— Ram Gopal Varma

Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.

— Kate Bush

Usually, I come for film promotions or events, but I have so many fond memories of Delhi.

— Anushka Sharma

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

— Billy Bob Thornton

'Victoria Para Chino,' my 2nd-year film at NYU, gave birth to 'Sin Nombre.'

— Cary Fukunaga

This may sound strange, but I did not join the film industry to be a star and be successful.

— Shruti Haasan

I definitely want to go the route of feature films.

— Joe Penny