Film Quotes · Page 285

I don't know why directing is not something I'm interested in.

— Viola Davis

You should sign a movie you want to be part of, which is why I signed 'Mubarakan.'

— Athiya Shetty

I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better.

— Joe Dante

I loved 'Carol.' I thought it was a beautiful film.

— RuPaul

Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers.

— Peter Greenaway

I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.

— Ja Rule

I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.

— Nicolas Roeg

I never thought my first role in a film would be a grandmother.

— Sasha Pivovarova

My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two…

— Natalie Dormer

There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing.

— Michael Winterbottom

I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking…

— Tom Rachman

Different actors have different rhythms. My goal as a director is to let these guys get their best work out.

— Jonathan Krisel

As far as I know, there is only one other director who was a stuntman - guy named Chuck Bail who directed…

— Hal Needham

Learn from cinema. Be economic with descriptions. Sort out the telling detail from the lifeless one. Write dialogue that people would actually…

— Rose Tremain

Theater is an old thing. It's thousands of years old. TV isn't. Film isn't. We're doing a really old thing.

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm…

— Billy Crudup

Sometimes it occurs to me that the job of a serious cultural critic mostly consists in telling the generality of people that…

— Will Self

Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie,…

— Jason Blum

I learned how to tell stories with Jay-Z on 'City Is Mine.' I learned how to film and choreograph dancing on 'Can…

— Steve Carr

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything…

— Olivia Thirlby

Not to be narcissistic, but I truly believe in order to make yourself better, you should see what you did before and…

— Jake Owen

Usually in France we prefer to say bad things about the Nouvelle Vague, but I'm always impressed with its freedom and the…

— Arnaud Desplechin

I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers. I had the privilege recently…

— Angelina Jolie

I guess I'm a good manager now. Moreover, I'm loving the concept of donning the producer's hat. It's all very exciting as…

— Malaika Arora Khan

My movies are not movies of answers but of questions.

— Alejandro Amenabar

So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime.

— Peter Jackson

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

— Kevin Macdonald

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

— James Wan

I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film.

— Patricia Arquette

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

— Christopher Atkins

You need to be a good filmmaker to make a compelling two-minute film as well.

— Karthik Subbaraj

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

— Mike Leigh

The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

— Dan Glickman

My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.

— Shane Carruth

I think technology is having a democratising effect on film.

— Edward Norton

There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know.

— Kristen Stewart

A lot of people think I must be weird because of the films I've done. I get that.

— Paul Dano

I aspired to make 'Tum Bin II' better than my first film, if not as good as 'Tum Bin.'

— Anubhav Sinha

I made some very forgettable films, but I liked them all when I was doing them.

— Roger Moore

When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.

— David Fincher