I wrote, I think, half a dozen films that were completely out of genre. Comedies, love stories, even one serious film about… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I saw 'Six Degrees of Separation' because my brother was in it. It was a watershed experience. It was theatrical and scary,… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Well you know, Woody doesn't rehearse, as opposed to my own method of directing where I really work with actors around a… — Mark Rydell Copy Share Image
I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film,… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
With Jane Birkin, we had a scene from a film called Jane B. by Agnès V. - a portrait I made in… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why… — Eriq La Salle Copy Share Image
This business [moviemaking] isn't easy. It's a hard business. You just keep plugging away until you figure it out. You write something… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
The fact that you couldn't see Alfred Hitchcock's first film The Mountain Eagle, or that you couldn't see so many of F.W.… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
Strangely, producing "Parisienne" was very long and difficult because the people who mainly finance films didn't understand the idea of a young… — Danielle Arbid Copy Share Image
Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
I lose tons of stuff on the cutting room floor. For Scary Movie 3, for example, we had a lot of Matrix… — David Zucker Copy Share Image
I guess Titanic because it made the most money. No, I'm kidding. I don't really have a favorite. Maybe Terminator because that… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
Directors always used to be like the police to me - the enemy, the people to tell me what to do when… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Cinema connects people: they respond as a group, you feel you are not alone, and you see you are not alone. Capitalism… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have… — Irvin Kershner Copy Share Image
For a long time, the film business was a single-digit business on investment return. Now, because of home video, it's a low… — Charles Roven Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of filmmaking: Hitchcock's (the film is complete in the director's mind) and Coppola's (which thrives on process). For… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been… — Ken Adam Copy Share Image
When you do a film, you know you're shooting for 6 or 9 weeks, you've got your cast and crew. Overall, no… — Vivica A. Fox Copy Share Image
Animation, for me, is a wonderful art form. I never understood why the studios wanted to stop making animation. Maybe they felt… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I think whatever art form you're in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of who came before you… — Kevin Chamberlin Copy Share Image
Whenever I work on a film, I have three rules. Only three and I tell them to every screenwriter. I say let's… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I've never watched Trainspotting. I just know it's a very critically acclaimed film. In fact, I've never watched any of Danny's movies… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
When Pakistan was carved out of India's rib in 1947, it was assumed by some that Bollywood's Muslim stars would defect to… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The reason to do any barking - well, the reason for me - is that 'Three Billboards' feels so off about so… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I took an internship at Focus Features while I was in film school. I was really interested in how specialty movies were… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
There's obviously some appeal in scenes for me - there's something I respond to. I keep doing those films where I put… — Jason Biggs Copy Share Image
I think 3D is a great innovation for the film business. But I hope it's not the thing that kills the golden… — Neal H. Moritz Copy Share Image
I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You’ll find that the movie business is paid for by those mega movies. The movie business is paid for by Big Macs.… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
What I remember from [the first meeting with Samuel L. Jackson] was that he was a friendly, animated kind of guy. His… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm sure that there must have been times when you have read books or watched films and found yourself secretly wishing for… — Mark Walden Copy Share Image
It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
When I started working in film, I loved photography, I loved the image, I loved telling the story within a frame, but… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've… — Barbara Kopple Copy Share Image
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![“I've never watched Trainspotting. I just know it's a very critically acclaimed film. In fact, I've never watched any of Danny's movies [means before he met him]. I just worked with him and felt the energy of what he is about initially before I do something. In a way, I think that's why we have…” quote by A. R. Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/a-r-rahman-4481_energy_i-ve-never-watched-trainspotting-i-just_684703.jpg)
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