Film Quotes · Page 350

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because…

— Lee Yoon-ki

I worked with an indie filmmaker called Mark Williams, a lawyer who was making a zero-budget family drama called 'Move Me.'

— Karthik Subbaraj

The world is small, and the film industry is even smaller. So, if someone does something wrong, you really can't hide it,…

— Tamannaah

One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going…

— Ryan Kwanten

I feel like all my films have my politics. As a film-maker, whatever story you're telling, your value system comes out.

— Zoya Akhtar

'Valhalla Rising' is a fusion of my upbringing, basically: everything I grew up loving and wanted to make a film of.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough…

— Victoria Abril

Being at a film festival reminds me of the power of film. The power that we have in our hands. Telling specific…

— Diego Luna

The crazy thing about 'Hook' was it was one of the movies in town that everybody knew about. It was the biggest…

— Dante Basco

For me, as an actor, the most challenging thing is creating the character in the beginning because you have to write their…

— Thomas Ian Nicholas

Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for…

— Finn Wittrock

A movie that makes me cry every time is 'Billy Elliot.' That scene where he's dancing in the hall, and his dad…

— Jodie Comer

In a culture of electronic violence, images that once caused us to empathize with the pain and trauma of another human being,…

— John Naisbitt

When something is based on an iconic film, and we found this out with "The Producers" too, you've got to pay homage…

— Roger Bart

There are so many actors whom I can be paired with... like Hrithik Roshan, but there hasn't been an opportunity. Abhishek and…

— Katrina Kaif

I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little…

— Patrick Warburton

My films have become bilingual. When everyone saw 'Chennai Express,' they said it was a bilingual. But I am proud that 'Chennai…

— Rohit Shetty

Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently.

— Steve Zahn

Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. Yes, it should entertain, but cinema is made to convey a message, to say…

— Pankaj Tripathi

I'm not in the business of adapting things that are popular for the sake of just getting it on the screen. I…

— Sam Esmail

Movie criticism is very subjective and everyone has the right to voice their opinion. You go to a movie and decide whether…

— Mani Ratnam

If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in…

— Hannah Gadsby

I'm passionate about music, food, books, film, blah, blah. The same things everyone is passionate about, no? Love, sex, connection. Peace. Not…

— Damian Kulash

'Return To Nim's Island', I was so honored to be asked to play the role of Nim because I loved the original…

— Bindi Irwin

I think the title belies how provocative it is. It's smart, it's well acted, and it's terrific. So, I thought it sounded…

— Tony Danza

There are certain battles that are worth fighting for and we should just keep making the films that are important and relevant.

— Kabir Khan

I think it's an obligation to make a movie full, so you have to see it twice to get all the moments.

— Shane Black

I'd like to direct again, but that's really hard to get something and raise the money. It's difficult to find just the…

— Robert Duvall

There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to…

— Peter Hedges

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible…

— Peter Weir

I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

I would take a bed sheet and go to the cinema theatre, spread the sheet outside and lie there and 'listen' to…

— Samuthirakani

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes.…

— Sofia Coppola

The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more…

— Morgan Brittany

Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart…

— Peter Guber

Women that look like me [the black ones] need to see more of themselves in social media, in film, in music.

— Zoe Kravitz

I want to become a serious politician like N T Rama Rao and Vinod Khanna who were from the film industry but…

— Ravi Kishan

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is…

— Tino Sehgal

I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they've got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in…

— Cate Blanchett