Film Quotes · Page 328

I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees.

— Shoojit Sircar

I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.

— Jodie Foster

I think probably underneath it all, film [Kino] has its own rhythm and its own dynamic, and we were trying to capture…

— Stephen Mallinder

I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I think with any movie, directing is more in the preparation. You just have to prepare for everything that's going to happen.

— Robert Ben Garant

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman

If the movies that I'm going to make anyway go mainstream, that would be the coolest thing ever. But I have set…

— Evan Glodell

I'm not a movie person. They're collaborations of the worst kind. You must compromise yourself to many interests that are venal and…

— John Irving

Henri-Georges Clouzot's cool, clammy, twisty 1955 thriller Diabolique is an almost perfect movie about a very nearly perfect murder, a film in…

— Terrence Rafferty

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that…

— Harvey Weinstein

Whenever you're on television, there's a responsibility to look timeless. I worked with the masters of film, fashion and beauty. I took…

— Diahann Carroll

Bachchan has been in the film industry over 35 years and he is the real king. There are many who are around…

— Akshay Kumar

I'm still shooting on low budgets, though none of my movies has lost money, and I rarely get sent anything that stars…

— Nicole Holofcener

The real truth - like anything, you have an idea about something you might write and it changes. People reflect on it…

— Matt Ross

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film…

— Colleen Haskell

I've been involved in some movies that I really thought were going to take off that didn't. And then I've thought, 'This…

— Dennis Farina

Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie…

— Balachandra Menon

With a movie, you have the power of putting out an idea about the world and for people to take it seriously.

— Boots Riley

I understand working-class culture, tribalism and the ethos of violence, so I make films about these things.

— Nick Love

I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after 'Pink.' It is one…

— Kirti Kulhari

One of the great bonuses of being a film actor is that I get to go to different places, meet inspiring people…

— Nicolas Cage

I think the joy of wanting to direct is having that nervous anxiety knowing your film is about to be shown and…

— Renee O'Connor

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that…

— Penelope Spheeris

I always approach every film I make as if it was going to be the last. So if I'm going to go…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I think I'm probably one of the worst directors around, but I do have an interest in my fellow man.

— John Cassavetes

As I grow and get older, mature a bit, and work on my big boy voice a little bit, I definitely want…

— Michael B. Jordan

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

— William Hurt

You can't look at the dollar and say, 'I'm not what I dreamed of being unless I do this type of movie…

— Omari Hardwick

Robert Preston in 'The Last Starfighter' had an aura. It was almost a surreal experience meeting him. He exuded charm, warmth and…

— Catherine Mary Stewart

It would be hard to make a movie worse than the first 'Ocean's Eleven,' the 1960 Lewis Milestone film.

— Elvis Mitchell

I don't look back, no. Maybe when I'm older; people say, 'What's your favorite film?' I say, 'My next one.' I'm not…

— Denzel Washington

The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer.

— James Cameron

It is the responsibility of filmmakers, actors and writers, who have the freedom to do the kind of work they want to…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of…

— Terry Pratchett

Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this…

— Joshua Leonard

I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things.

— Michael Ironside

So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could.

— Blair Underwood

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's…

— Charlton Heston

Doing a picture with Willie Wyler is like getting the works at a Turkish bath. You damn near drown, but you come…

— Charlton Heston

Film festivals should also show commercial films along with parallel cinema. This is the only way that it could reach out to…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush