I look for the essence of a story and a human angle that I think audiences can relate to. I also look… — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
Im hoping that for film actors there is this kind of emotional trigger on any subject. It need not be only slums.… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Maybe if I'd gone in younger, I wouldn't have had that feeling, but I've seen an enormous amount of changes since the… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
'Noah' doesn't merely get the story wrong; like all Biblical adaptations, it's bound to do that (although some aspects of the film… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room… — Robbie Coltraine Copy Share Image
Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good:… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I like doing everything - theater and film, radio and TV, comedy and tragedy. I love it all. And I've never really… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
The wonderful situation that I find myself in now, is that choosing the roles I want is more of a reality for… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I think that's an incredibly overwhelming reality that is really at the basis of how we're going to deal with this. Looking… — Oren Moverman Copy Share Image
I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
One of the first decisions I made, as the director of "Hide and Seek," was that our film would be silent and… — Garth Kravits Copy Share Image
Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities… — Erland Josephson Copy Share Image
Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
No one ever sets out to make a bad movie. There's almost always incredible amount of passion and work put behind any… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
It's interesting the kind of freedom the musical form gives you. The rules are out the window. You can get impressionistic without… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
Your interests change. I used to feel that if I spent evenings reading, or watching a film, or just doing nothing up… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were… — Sam Jaeger Copy Share Image
First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out,… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing.… — Jen McGowan Copy Share Image
I'd never imagined myself writing at all until I was almost 30. And horror films weren't to my taste, at least the… — Karen Walton Copy Share Image
I only do children's films now! I think when you go to LA some people feel you've defected a little bit and… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
I was at the premiere of 'Prisoners,' and I heard two thousand people scream at the same time. I turned to my… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Favourite directors change, like favorite authors. I had a passion for Gide and Stein and Faulkner. But now they're no use to… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
Attention spans are so limited and ticket prices so high. We're anyway in a business of manipulating emotions. But each film needs… — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
Even a low-budget film costs way more money than a high-priced record. So, it's mo' money, mo' problems. When you have more… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I wanted to stay in New York to pursue acting, but my dad urged me to get a four-year degree. Reading about… — Lauren Miller Copy Share Image
In films you do a scene, you play around with it and unless you're doing a lot of reshooting, which no one… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
What I liked about doing a soundtrack is that it's almost the opposite of any kind of normal recording that a band… — Tim Gane Copy Share Image
I looked around and we were about a mile-and-a-half from land, and I thought, 'OK, I'm going to drown now.' And then… — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
The best directors leave you alone. If they've cast you in the part, hopefully they believe you have the gumption to interpret… — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
Eventually, I think, by using such elements as flocks of birds or biblical quotes, repeatedly I add meaning to my final product.… — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image