Film Quotes · Page 432

I aspire to be able to appreciate and review a director based on their accomplishments and based on who they are and…

— Jodie Foster

I've never done work for money, ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does…

— Tom Cruise

There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and…

— Joe Dante

On film, you really have to focus on what you're looking at. You're imprinting a physical image.

— Petra Collins

One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.

— Paul Schrader

We couldn't afford test screenings. This is a relatively low-budget movie [Don Jon]. But what we did have was the festival circuit.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I've always been a fan of 3D, going back to movies in the '50s. I was part of the early '80s 3D…

— Eli Roth

Writing is great because in the writing you never have to... First of all you never have to leave your home. And…

— Woody Allen

The films of Warhol, when they are about anything are about sucking people off. This can be high art, to people who…

— Amiri Baraka

There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it…

— Lukas Moodysson

The atmosphere and the environment that you get on a Chris Nolan film that he and Emma [Tomson] create is one where…

— Christopher Nolan

'Star Wars' is life, but 'Star Wars' is also not very good, which is why 'Rogue One' - a Frankenstein's monster assembled…

— Sarah Jeong

For we let our young men and women go out unarmed in a day when armor was never so necessary. By teaching…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the…

— Ruth Ozeki

Apart from the National Film Awards, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value to. My personal experience…

— Aamir Khan

I had the best teacher in the business. Kevin Costner was my teacher. I was acting opposite him and he was directing…

— Olivia Williams

My dad always wanted to be a soldier, but he couldn't be one. When I told him that I would be playing…

— Sonu Sood

Cinema is a form of art, and like every other art form, cinema also needs freedom of expression.

— Taapsee Pannu

When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it…

— Sanaa Lathan

We don't need to get inside everything, break down every door, storm in like conquistadors. There are other ways to approach a…

— Alice Rohrwacher

I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy…

— Melvin Van Peebles

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

— Idina Menzel

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.

— Robert Rodriguez

Big movie or small movie, you make this thing, and then you show it to people, and you just hope they like…

— Jon Watts

My conscious decision has always been to do work that's meaningful and play characters that give something to the film.

— Huma Qureshi

There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.

— Debra Granik

You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.

— Max Landis

I put my heart into 'Vaaranam Ayiram.' I lost my father when I began the film, and the tragedy turned my entire…

— Gautham Menon

Its a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience. My father and I have seen all 19…

— Rick Yune

The secret is not to make a film that causes something like Virginia Tech to happen. The secret is to make a…

— Abel Ferrara

I love Johnny (Depp). A lot of the stuff I've done for him stands out for me just because of the relationship…

— Colleen Atwood

Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous.

— Steven Spielberg

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

— Diane Arbus

I want to be a part of the best movies that are being made, and to work with the best directors.

— Vaani Kapoor

I loved working with Cary Elwes, who is in 'The Princess Bride', one of my favorite films. He's a great guy.

— Eric McCormack

For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew…

— Taylor Sheridan

People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward…

— Nicolas Cage

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director…

— Alexis Denisof

When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended…

— Kiefer Sutherland

I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my soul, and…

— Nina Dobrev