Film Quotes · Page 301

While shooting a movie if I can't find what I want, then I keep going until I find my moment.

— Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr

Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified.

— Marianne Elliott

As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

— Vijay Sethupathi

My mum asked me what I prefer, and I said, 'I never miss film, but I miss theater.'

— Tom Bateman

We're big fans of balance in storytelling, and we like movies that hit every emotion.

— Anthony Russo

If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie.

— Kevin Costner

Though there is lot of struggle, nothing deterred my ambition to get into the film industry.

— Salim Kumar

If I can't make the kind of film that I want to make, then the hell with it.

— Peter Weir

Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.

— Matthew Fox

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I…

— Roman Polanski

What I felt at that time - we're talking about '61 - was that I couldn't remember seeing a film that reflected…

— Ken Adam

A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and…

— Jim Caviezel

I like my films to influence the audience. Even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get…

— W. C. Fields

I really (became) very independent. I was start(ed) to write one-woman shows and mak(e) films and to me I think I really…

— Margaret Cho

I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.

— Claude Chabrol

I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized…

— Harry Shearer

I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I always have traveled with a camera throughout my life, but I always had my old 35mm film camera. When I was…

— Guy Laliberte

I had to work with Ben Mendelsohn who's one of the great actors of our time. I had a lot of scenes…

— John Leguizamo

I like to make big decisions when I am at home living a routine life, getting up, walking my dog, having breakfast,…

— Paul Walker

When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that…

— David Oyelowo

Actually, I was rock climbing on this film at 7 in the morning. It was quite unique! But in any event, the…

— Martin Scorsese

I guess the passion I have for cinema is as strong as the one that I have for music. And I've always…

— Alexandre Desplat

For me, the movie's always evolving as I'm doing it. I throw things in as we shoot, and I take things out…

— Andrew Dominik

The UK needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector.

— Eric Fellner

I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... ."

— Clint Eastwood

At Pixar, good ideas may be cut from a film, but they are never forgotten.

— John Lasseter

You don't get a film like 'Begum Jaan' everyday in your career.

— Chunky Pandey

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries.

— Lukas Haas

Muppet films are never easy to film 'cause Muppets have no legs.

— James Bobin

With TV shows that film in London, you're pretty much around for your kids, so that's good.

— Tamzin Outhwaite

I like to expand myself as far as watching movies.

— Ace Hood

Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present.

— Kevin Macdonald

Sometimes films surprise you in a way that you didn't even expect.

— Sargun Mehta

My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.

— Sasha Alexander

The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.

— Walter Salles

The simple, sweet films without the star power often manage to tell a better story.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

— Jeanne Moreau

Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped.

— Mickey Rooney