Film Quotes · Page 495

Then that did very well at the box office, so before you knew it, we were in a string of feature motion…

— George Takei

I love big, sprawling movies where there are too many characters, and people get introduced halfway through, and you're like, 'Wait, who…

— Greta Gerwig

As soon as I saw 'Chinglish' on Broadway, I began to envision this smart and insightful cross-cultural comedy as a film.

— Justin Lin

I think my biggest advice to filmmakers is to look into the many digital platforms that exist for you and your team…

— Aurora Guerrero

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

— John Cassavetes

I am totally for first timers. I always hear them seriously. I have done so many films with first timers, and I've…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Writing a comedy track is an art. It isn't as easy as people think. It can make or break a film.

— Vivek

I loved 'The Master' a lot. I'm not going to get to work with Daniel Day-Lewis, but Joaquin Phoenix is one of…

— Martin McDonagh

You can't just hope things away. All of us have to care, to really focus on our cities, because that's where most…

— Heidi Ewing

'Dark Circles' is a great relationship/character piece and also a horror film. It tinkered with the genre, which I loved. I was…

— Johnathon Schaech

I had done student films for the School Of Visual Arts and for NYU and all these schools in New York, so…

— Guillermo Diaz

My story is similar to every ordinary Indian boy's tale. My father wanted me to become an engineer or a professional but…

— Abhishek Banerjee

I think as he gets older, Quentin [Tarantino] is growing more and more into his directorial side, but the writer in him…

— Bun B

I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a…

— Michael Cudlitz

The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl…

— Francis Ford Coppola

You have to go through a big process with the Directors Guild in order to get co-direction credit. They sit you in…

— Matt Duffer

As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully,…

— Clint Eastwood

I'm always trying to make movies. It's what I love to do more than anything. I love to write and direct.

— Frank Whaley

One of these days they'll be making a film where the whole human race gets wiped out in a nuclear war, but…

— Haruki Murakami

I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror…

— Jonathan Levine

The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists.…

— H. L. Mencken

The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women…

— Bette Midler

As for my style, for my vision of the cinema, editing is not simply one aspect; it's the aspect.

— Orson Welles

Yeah, I feel as an artist, making a movie is the top of the food chain - that's the peak, the climax…

— Julia Fox

I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye in practice.

— Josef Koudelka

'Bhoot' is a hold-on-to-your-seats horror film, while 'Darna Manaa Hai' is a hold-on-to-your-popcorn horror film.

— Ram Gopal Varma

The modern film tries too hard to be real. Its techniques of illusion are so perfect that it requires no contribution from…

— Raymond Chandler

I've had a great run with great projects. I love the film industry. It keeps you young; it really does.

— Kellan Lutz

Part of an actors job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how…

— David Zayas

One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time,…

— Oliver Stone

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can…

— Peter Hedges

I've done very well in the film business. Whenever I have wanted something, the film business has given it to me. I'm…

— John Patrick Shanley

You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is…

— Randeep Hooda

You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can't do unless there's…

— Truman Capote

People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list…

— Zooey Deschanel

I want to be a part of films that have some kind of social comment and that will help people evolve.

— Bhumi Pednekar

Guide' is not just my most iconic film. It is also Dev's most celebrated work. But I almost didn't do 'Guide.'

— Waheeda Rehman

All the film stuff is business. Those are the songs I practise for, rehearse for, make money from.

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my…

— Atom Egoyan

You can never judge how the film will be taken; you can only make your best effort, and put out what you…

— Oliver Stone