Film Quotes · Page 406

I'm looking to do an action film where I can run with my shirt off and a gun in my hand; and…

— Bobb'e J. Thompson

I think it's good to tell the fans "this movie's going to lead to that, and that will lead to..."

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Having worked in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil film industries, I've been lucky to have travelled far and wide for shoots.

— Shruti Haasan

After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if…

— David Twohy

Making the films is never easy, but actually that aspect of trying to make a better film or to keep the standard…

— David Heyman

'New Girl' is how I make my living, and if I'm going to do a movie, it's because I really, artistically, want…

— Ty Simpkins

I think I'll get a little more interesting small parts and see if I can really... I guess you don't have to…

— Robert Maillet

I just think it was time [in THe Neon Demon]to do a film about women. But not just women, I wanted to…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The 60's has its own particular style and I think setting film in a period enables you to create your own reality…

— Lionel Wigram

The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for…

— William H. Macy

Film is universal. All the countries of the world are making films. Hollywood is the only major unsubsidized center for films. To…

— Frank Capra

The Democrats continue to snipe at Bush. They'll never give it up to him. You know Teddy Kennedy and Tom Daschle pick…

— Dennis Miller

You have to be ready to go through peaks and valleys along the way. Be ready to sacrifice some of the things…

— Kyle Cassie

If Kubrick had lived to see the opening of his final film, he obviously would have been disappointed by the hostile reactions.…

— Martin Scorsese

I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling… La…

— Ingmar Bergman

Producers don't like the director who ignores their opinion - but I always try not to be the nicest person when making…

— Ryuhei Kitamura

I think that's how you have to make films. You can't try to imitate or repeat. You have to make your own…

— Maryann Brandon

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.

— Tom Hooper

When you look at the original 'Paradise Lost' film, you see three kids who can't defend themselves, being persecuted in a medieval…

— Peter Jackson

When I'm acting, I just want to be the character and not have to think of any film technicalities.

— Denzel Whitaker

I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, who have carved a niche for themselves. I think doing different…

— Vir Das

You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a…

— Avi Arad

The film business, for me, has been great, but the music business, we've always been on the outside looking in.

— Meat Loaf

Alejandro Amenábar has a unique way of approaching movies and thinking about something which was new to me. It was different. I…

— Ethan Hawke

The nature of a movie story is you have to keep charging forward and keep the audience with the story.

— Jonathan Mostow

I think, as most people are, I'm fascinated with love, relationships, and my daily life so I'm very inclined to make films…

— Mark Webber

I love movies that are funny and scary and truly emotional all in one film, and I don't feel like I see…

— Lee Unkrich

As a filmmaker when you show your film to anybody, you want it to be liked. You want the reviews to be…

— Zoya Akhtar

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

— Sissy Spacek

I prefer to take up films where I have a substantial role and screen space, though there's nothing like a conscious decision…

— Sana Khan

There are all kinds of films being made but I feel watching a film in a theatre is quite a family experience…

— Kiku Sharda

Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I…

— Fede Alvarez

I'd really like to work with Johnny Depp: he seems like a really cool guy; he can do a lot of different…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about…

— Richard Roeper

From the perspective of being a filmmaker, you're just really grateful for festivals. A lot of movies won't even be seen if…

— Kelly Reichardt

I think it's important for a filmmaker to know his actors, because you have to work so closely together and you have…

— Udo Kier

I wouldn't make the film that was an hour and half progression from sadness to despair. I'm hugely optimistic.

— Ol Parker

I love movies, I love being a part of them, and this is the one occupation I love living and playing in…

— Drew Barrymore

No-tech tourism is a form of temporal eco-tourism in which one reads books or watches film and TV precisely because of the…

— Douglas Coupland

Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of…

— Fritz Lang