Film Quotes · Page 452

The people who work in the fashion industry and the people who work in the film industry have a lot in common.…

— Gal Gadot

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is…

— Quentin Tarantino

You sometimes get the sense that when people make sequels, they get conservative. If something worked, they do it over and over…

— Justin Lin

If I were in the director's chair, I would cast [Geena Davis] in something awesome every six months if I had the…

— Emma Watson

Today, filmmaking isn't just about shooting and releasing. You've to structure the marketing of a film.

— Ram Gopal Varma

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

— Preston Sturges

But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You…

— Stephen Hunter

Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I would put my pictures up against anybody's in this world. Certainly in my own day I bow to no one. I…

— John Cassavetes

I've often been accused of, 'Oh the movies looked good but there's no story,' but I disagree with that in theory, and…

— Tim Burton

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a…

— David Morrissey

I want to tell stories which require something of an audience, by way of thought, argument, emotion, because I'm more often in…

— Anthony Minghella

I like to work in films, but I'd love to work in the technical side of film. I'd love to work with,…

— Simon Pegg

[We were very lucky that Sean [ Ellis ] researched the film [Anthropoid ] for many years.] We sort of piggybacked on…

— Cillian Murphy

For some reason at Sundance, more than other festivals that I'm aware of, you find filmmakers rushing to screen works that sometimes…

— Thom Powers

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. That was all anyone knew.

— Fionn Whitehead

I'm a huge fan of the animated film 'The Land Before Time' and that was one of my favourite animated films when…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

After finishing my study in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), I was mentally prepared for the struggle in the film…

— Rajkummar Rao

What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.

— Harmony Korine

Film Twitter is a funny place. I often dip my toe into it. I'm entertained and horrified in equal measures.

— Harris Dickinson

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the…

— Richard M. Nixon

A film like 'Kaamyaab' gives me an opportunity to be involved in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

— Sanjay Mishra

The writer and the director are ultimately responsible for what is portrayed and glorified in a film. Then comes the producer.

— Parvathy

I don't make movies for the masses. My interest lies in portraying reality, and it gives me great satisfaction.

— Kumar Sanu

You're seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn…

— David Cronenberg

I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s.

— Nigel Kneale

I mean, obviously it's exciting for me to see what 'The Revenant' is doing in the box office. That's very exciting.

— Robert Eggers

The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of…

— Mary Pickford

We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that's what you seem to have mastered.…

— Amitabh Bachchan

I want to make a series of movies that run together, so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in…

— Peter Jackson

Honestly, I don't go out of my way to see animated movies. I'm mostly influenced by.. the films I tend to like…

— Chris Wedge

Some movies are simply magical. You can't really put your finger on any particular reason behind its success.

— Nivin Pauly

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

— Michelangelo Antonioni

Val Kilmer gave my husband, David Mamet, a Randall knife as a gift when the two of them were making the film…

— Rebecca Pidgeon

Things have changed so much now. Everything is downloaded onto computers. I'm not a computer-savvy guy, but with downloading the movie industry…

— Anthony Hopkins

I've been in enough films where the studio wanted that extra little cuteness to make it sellable.

— Sandra Bullock

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film…

— Robert Morgan

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing…

— John Ford

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

— Adam Driver