As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve.… — Miranda Richardson Copy Share Image
The movies were so healing for me because I had such an isolated, lonely childhood. Going to the movies and having the… — Michael De Luca Copy Share Image
Studio execs were like, ''Lord of the Rings!' People want to see sword-and-dragon-type things!' No, people just want to see great stories.… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Theater for me is terrifying but much more rewarding, because you know what they're seeing. Film is all little bits and pieces.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
If you start doing a television or a film job and you suddenly think it's a mistake - the director's horrible or… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
There are things that are happening way earlier than that when it comes to someone deciding whether they're going to spend x… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watching other directors, and… — Don Ameche Copy Share Image
'Trumbo' is conventional in its structure, mixing interviews with archival footage. What I enjoyed most about the film was its liberal use… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
I meet all these American filmmakers that film for months and months, and it's a mystery to me. I couldn't make a… — Kim Longinotto Copy Share Image
I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
There are loads of sociopolitical, racial, class and future-planet situations that really interest me, but I'm not really interested in making a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having… — Eriq La Salle Copy Share Image
There are times through the process that you just think, "Is this all worth it?" It's very, very difficult to get a… — Paul Wernick Copy Share Image
Storytelling is powerful; film particularly. We can know a lot of things intellectually, but humans really live on storytelling. Primarily with ourselves;… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
“Watching movies simply is a promiscuous experience. The voracity it breeds! That quantity of quiddity compressed and quickened and sent at you!… — Antonia Quirke Copy Share Image
It's advice I always give to directors when they're starting out: Take an acting class to really see what it feels like… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
There are just certain things you can't talk about with kids. I just totally do not believe in this sort of Bart… — David Small Copy Share Image
Why one picture stands out among many others is always a mystery. In the beginning the subject is never quite known, but… — Ray Metzker Copy Share Image
I love editing. I think I like it more than any other phase of film making. If I wanted to be frivolous,… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The volcano itself wasn't that interesting, but the man who refused to be evacuated - the only one of 75,000 people -… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The adrenaline feeling of jumping out of cliffs and bikes and all of that is very specific to the film. In 'Pac… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm… — Ebon Moss-Bachrach Copy Share Image
The traditional Hollywood system is pretty rigid, but the film scene in, say, South Africa is booming with a lot of possibilities.… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
There's always been this feedback between comics and films. But I think that if you take that analogy too far, if you… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I don't do commentaries on films because A) I'm not very good at it and B) it's an odd thing that I… — David Slade Copy Share Image
If I was to see any of my films now I would feel, oh god you know it's awful I could do… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Doing a movie about Steve Jobs is just generally a provocative thing to do, whoever does it, and it begs a lot… — Joshua Michael Stern Copy Share Image
I loved the Limey [movie]! It's so violent! And yet it's so exquisitely romanticized in a sort of Japanese way, it's a… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
Peter Kubelka is the perfectionist of the film medium; and, as I honor that quality above all others at this time finding… — Stan Brakhage Copy Share Image
I have no illusions about my filmmaking work but I must add I have no illusions about anybody else's either. I am… — Terence Davies Copy Share Image
I think every filmmaker wants... I don't know about every filmmaker. I certainly want my films to just exist. I want them… — Jody Hill Copy Share Image
I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
I mean, I've - these other films were flukes. I don't know what I'm doing. I should just quit. What would I… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
The problem with heartbreak is that nobody can help you when you're heartbroken. Nobody and nothing. Not the films you watch alone… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
From film to film, I realize my strengths and my weakness, and I realize how much better I get. I learn the… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
![“The volcano itself wasn't that interesting, but the man who refused to be evacuated - the only one of 75,000 people - was what set the tone for the film ["Encounters at the End of the World"] that we made together [with Clive Oppenheimer] ten years later.” quote by Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/werner-herzog-964_encounters_the-volcano-itself-wasn-t-that-interesti_2537122.jpg)
![“I loved the Limey [movie]! It's so violent! And yet it's so exquisitely romanticized in a sort of Japanese way, it's a samurai film. Coming out of that, I was really deeply conflicted, because a friend who had seen it said, it's beautiful, but it's not about anything. it's one micron thick.” quote by William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/william-gibson-642_beautiful_i-loved-the-limey-movie-it-s-so-violent_1628933.png)
![“Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need books, we need classical music, we need ballet, we need opera, to remind us really of who we are and why we are, and we need in movie houses - even to be in a movie - where you sit…” quote by Liv Ullmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/liv-ullmann-12443_ballet_yeah-unfortunately-films-like-miss-julie_2371618.png)
