Film Quotes · Page 401

I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is…

— John Knoll

When you work with filmmakers, and it's their first film, there's an exuberance and optimism, which is quite... There's no room for…

— Rebecca Hall

I've always thought Ed Burns was a profoundly underrated actor. He's a great director, obviously. A great director/writer. But I think he's…

— John C. McGinley

That is what sucks about improv a little bit, is that some of the funniest stuff actually can't be in the film…

— Molly Gordon

Everyone who makes a Star Wars film wants to make it their own but they also have to be true to the…

— Mads Mikkelsen

In the days of Gary Cooper, James Stewart etc, film stars personified the better aspects of human nature.

— Alexander Walker

'Roar' is a film based on the tigers in the Sundarbans. It is the story of a battle between man and the…

— Abhinav Shukla

You don't get to know anybody in a movie until after it's over. You work less together in a film than you…

— Al Pacino

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's…

— Giovanni Ribisi

I could do a thousand films that are easy for me to do-that's if I don't fall in the next year, because…

— Cate Blanchett

I've been trying to make records and I describe it almost like a "movie for your ears" where it's a little unconventional…

— Billy Sherwood

As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the…

— Ira Sachs

I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film…

— Steven Knight

I love character-driven, well-written, great storytelling types of films, and I think that 'My Cousin Vinny' just hit the nail on the…

— Mekhi Phifer

When I go to a cinema, I don't care if the film is made by a man or a woman as long…

— Jasmila Zbanic

If you think about portraying Americans, for example, in a Russian film, it all depends on where the American is from, if…

— Demian Bichir

Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.

— Olivia Thirlby

I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

In Scotland, we're a colony in more ways than one. So when directors come up to work, there's a very particular way…

— Peter Mullan

I am still associated with a heroic period in French cinema, and my name remains linked to this period.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Ron Howard is just a funny legacy director. As a film nerd, he's kind of a funny person to valorize.

— John Wilson

It would be a great vacation to act in a movie if I weren't directing it. But to do it while you're…

— Sydney Pollack

The transition from tiny movies to less tiny movies to really big movies has been actually quite seamless in a lot of…

— Greta Gerwig

My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow.…

— Jonas Mekas

I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I…

— Jason Reitman

I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.

— Jan de Bont

I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these…

— P. L. Travers

If there is any test that can be applied to movies, it's that the good ones never make you feel virtuous.

— Pauline Kael

Honestly, when I am offered a film, I look at the story, character, director, producer and co-actors while giving a nod.

— Sanya Malhotra

One does not have to get frustrated with getting an opportunity, whether it is film, short film, web series or TV shows...…

— Nora Fatehi

My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films.

— Woody Allen

I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative…

— David Bailey

How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to…

— Keanu Reeves

I have worked with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Pink' and 'Piku.' As soon as one film gets over, he is behind me, asking…

— Shoojit Sircar

Mark Rylance is one of my heroes. I saw 'Jerusalem' four or five times, twice in New York, twice in London.

— Charlie Cox

Scenes change while shooting. Nowadays, while you're shooting the movie, you're cutting at the same time.

— Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr

I was really affected by 'The Piano.' Had I not seen that movie, I wouldn't have gone to film school.

— Paul Schneider

For every film that I have believed in - from 'Tanu Weds Manu' to 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein' - it was…

— R. Madhavan

All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally…

— Tommy Wiseau

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own…

— Stephen Daldry