Trying to convince Warner Bros. to make a $30 million 'Veronica Mars' movie just wasn't going to happen, for understandable reasons. — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
The viewers have the brains to decide the merits of a film and there is no point in blaming them if it… — Sreenivasan Copy Share Image
A gem of a short film has a sense of pure joy in animation that is different from anything you see in… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
Most of my films are set in an upper-middle-class world of well-off people who may have all kinds of emotional problems, but… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
The pop culture tends to go to the lowest denominator, so cinema is in a weird place, due to its mass nature.… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Just to get the basic fundamentals and empathy - I think that's the most important thing to bring to it if you've… — Scott Mechlowicz Copy Share Image
I make films but I am trained as a designer. I come from this series of designers called critical designers, speculative designers. — Nelly Ben Hayoun Copy Share Image
What we do is service a story first, and then you figure out how to pay for it later. If the narrative… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
Animation story boarding works differently than live action story boarding. The story crew along with a writer really does shape and create… — Nathan Greno Copy Share Image
When my film went to the Venice Film Festival and won the best script writing, the jury [prize], it didn't go to… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
Avatar is the most high tech film in terms of its execution, dealing with essentially a very low tech subject; which is… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they… — David R. Ellis Copy Share Image
Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
You always have to give back to the fans. I remember being a fan of television and film when I was growing… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the UK. I'd been in the film Breaking and Entering - Anthony… — Ed Westwick Copy Share Image
British audiences are toughest on British films. So often, a British film is the last thing they want to see. If you… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all. — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
Everything we do is about the emotion of the characters. We believe the better the emotion, the better the movie. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I can't do movies where you start thinking "Where's the commercial appeal? How are we going to market this?" It's not that… — Lee Daniels Copy Share Image
I never maligned the sanctity of cinema in my career. I always selected themes and made films with the fervent hope that… — Balachandra Menon Copy Share Image
Most film teams usually come with a tight deadline, which doesn't leave us much time to compose. — Arjun Janya Copy Share Image
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I'm not so sure that younger people today really appreciate the enormous bravery that went into the creation and production of that… — Rod Steiger Copy Share Image
I don't take any project lightly. Every project is important for me. In fact, every scene in every film is important. — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
If people ask me, 'For you, what is your most important film?' I have a feeling that they all sort of want… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to… — Ben Edwards Copy Share Image
I want to be part of movies that have important and interesting subjects but are not depressing and are rather satirical and… — Terence Lewis Copy Share Image
When a film that we have worked on is successful and garners public appreciation, it makes us feel satisfied. — Bhumika Chawla Copy Share Image
There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
I want to point the way to something that should forever lure them, when the TV set is broken and the movie… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
I don't want to make films that are so specialized that they're only accessible to people with prior knowledge or histories or… — Hito Steyerl Copy Share Image
The ABCs of Death offers us a chance to work closely with a large number of visionary filmmakers to create a film… — Tim League Copy Share Image
I've done over 100 auditions, but I was lucky to stumble onto the Internet as it was growing. Because in film, people… — Mithila Palkar Copy Share Image
[The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain]… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I feel I am blessed. So many actresses went without doing a period film in their career, and I got a chance… — Pooja Hegde Copy Share Image
I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a role for… — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and… — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. — Ed Harris Copy Share Image
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