Film Quotes · Page 387

I really don't know where the independent fits in anymore when twenty-five million dollar movies are considered straight-to-video fare. We're like penny…

— Kurt Voss

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance

— Michel Hazanavicius

Most filmmakers aren't very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored.

— Geoffrey Ward

I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going…

— Jennifer Carpenter

I keep rediscovering myself with every film. It is great to be doing that, it gives great satisfaction.

— Divya Dutta

I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find…

— Lana Del Rey

Theatre is more metaphorical where you have to be louder and larger than life, whereas film is more subtle and more real.

— Kalki Koechlin

I make films for myself, first and foremost, just because it is such a personal experience, and it's something I really have…

— Cameron Diaz

I think my function working in China is to bring my experience and what we've gone through in the Hong Kong industry…

— Gordon Chan

When I go to the movies, and I have to sit through ten previews of films that look [alike] and tell the…

— Oliver Stone

I don't like diabolism so I stay away from things like Clockwork Orange. I think diabolism is awfully childish. I don't even…

— Anita Loos

What you have to go through to release a film is probably the most arduous set of tasks - compared to all…

— Terence Nance

Films have been my only passion in life. I have always been proud of making films and will continue taking pride in…

— Yash Chopra

With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era,…

— Jane Campion

Personally, I just want to work on stuff that challenges me, that excites me, and that I think is original. You want…

— Harry Treadaway

There used to be times when I used to be bothered about box office, director, producer, the actress... If those ticks were…

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

Society is patriarchal, so film industry by definition is certainly patriarchal. The male gaze dominated.

— Sharmila Tagore

You can't be a passive recipient of images, you have to engage with images and read their subtexts. These are critical things…

— Sharmila Tagore

I like how collaborative and cult-like filmmaking is. It's really family-oriented, tribe-oriented.

— Zal Batmanglij

When I was 8 years old, I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there…

— Dwayne Johnson

Any song has to be catchy. People think class films are tough and mass films come easy. But that's not true.

— Devi Sri Prasad

'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.

— Janusz Kaminski

I would not describe myself as a left-wing filmmaker. I don't think this is the first thing that would pop into my…

— Miguel Gomes

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.

— Benjamin Bratt

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as…

— Michael Caine

I feel really lucky that, in my career, I've gotten a chance to explore a lot of different genres and kinds of…

— Ali Larter

Films are my life; I don't think there is anything that I would not do for the sake of the movie.

— R. Madhavan

Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.

— Manisha Koirala

People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.

— Weegee

If you look at the range of Hollywood movies playing in most cities in the developing world, you'd hate the America they…

— Mark Steyn

I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be…

— Harry Dean Stanton

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie…

— Zooey Deschanel

Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot…

— Ethan Coen

Someday you give a hit movie and things are good, but when your next movie fails, your stocks fall.

— Dino Morea

Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks.

— Michael Caine

I was out in L.A. and I had gone to film school and I was out here for a couple of years.…

— Justin Zackham

There's too many people in seats of power who just haven't got a clue what they're doing. They're bean counters, and it…

— Pierce Brosnan

There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the…

— Vera Farmiga

I get a terminal dissatisfaction on films. If I was bad in one scene, it's impossible to let go. And it can…

— Jared Leto

The first movies were made by technicians building their own cameras. Movies became an art when technicians worked on the technique and…

— David Cage