I don't think it's so important to be a movie director. It's a beautiful profession, but no more than to be a… — Jesus Franco Copy Share Image
TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one -… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
When I look at character artistes, they begin after 40. For instance, Boman Irani took up his first film after he was… — Rahul Dev Copy Share Image
1968 in Paris renewed my options. There was suddenly a desire of inventing new things, and I while I was working as… — Babette Mangolte Copy Share Image
The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I think 'The Wood' was probably more concerned with the parts of Inglewood that aren't usually seen on film - the areas… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
The biggest thing I've noticed with some of my favorite directors is their gift of sticking a bunch of strangers in a… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know?… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
It's really hard to say how long the show will last and will continue. I hope it lasts for a very long… — Steve Burns Copy Share Image
You hear about bombings in other countries, or numbers like "10,000 people died" - you hear that number and you think, "Well,… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
There are some wonderful parts in the movie [Loulou] where Loulou used to be a dancer and a cabaret. To see her… — Boti Bliss Copy Share Image
I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I did theatre a lot when I was a kid. Then I went to acting school in New York. I did a… — Justin Bartha Copy Share Image
To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
If you look at Christmas movies, there are certain things in them that lend themselves to a 'Harold & Kumar' movie. In… — Hayden Schlossberg Copy Share Image
In European and American society, many pundits started to lament the death of literature; looking at youth who were getting more and… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
...it was the arts, those noble expressions of the human spirit that are communicated through literature, dance, song, film, drama, painting and… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of director's cuts or reassemblies if they're good, but I remember being really excited about the restored version… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I always thought that a film about how my father's life was shaped in his early years in Hong Kong would be… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it never goes… — Edward Burns Copy Share Image
I love independent films. I love going to see them. I love being a part of them because it kind of feels… — Juno Temple Copy Share Image
Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
Released in 1967, 'Farz' was the remake of a Telegu film that was turned down by most actors of the time -… — Jeetendra Copy Share Image
Cult films last forever. I have been in plenty of films that no one will remember, so it is nice to be… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell,… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
Making movies can actually be quite boring, there's a lot of sitting around and waiting. Unless you really believe in the story… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
I'm making movies about people as flawed as myself and the viewers. So if you just have a reptilian brain and live… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
You'll be offered the 'lead' in this new hot film with such-and-such A-list director, 'a fabulous part' - a fabulous part? A… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris… — Abdellah Taia Copy Share Image
I think that's an important part of art in general. Especially in literature, in stories, we play with eventualities that may put… — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
I think I've done a lot of movies that people would like to have seen a sequel to. But I grew up… — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
You have to learn how to love to watch film, be able to learn how to love protections at the end of… — Dwayne Haskins Copy Share Image
I've always been curious what the negotiation is because obviously there's certain movies that every film wants a trailer on, like Star… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
If you look at history, and if you look at all these different things that have threatened the movie industry - from… — Kim Dotcom Copy Share Image
Find other women to make movies with that have a shared bottom line. I did that with my first film and found… — Meera Menon Copy Share Image
I did a few documentaries as co-director and cameraman. I started off shooting a film about the war in Rhodesia. Then I… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image