--- title: "8 Films Reflect Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Films Reflect quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Films Reflect sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/abhay-deol-5665_american_i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-w_447181.jpg" --- > [I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhay-deol/i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-want-to-do-similar-films-that/) [Abhay Deol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhay-deol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/abhay-deol-5665_american_i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-w_447181.jpg) > [We all desire things that we believe we cannot have, and so my films reflect that again and again. The mystery must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-ji-woon/we-all-desire-things-that-we-believe-we-cannot-have-and-so-my-films/) [Kim Ji-woon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-ji-woon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/kim-ji-woon-38327_again_we-all-desire-things-that-we-believe-we_545701.jpg) > [I am not intellectually choosy. My choice of films reflect who I am, but it is not done with strategy and planning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nithya-menen/i-am-not-intellectually-choosy-my-choice-of-films-reflect-who-i-am/) [Nithya Menen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nithya-menen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/nithya-menen-8653_choice_i-am-not-intellectually-choosy-my-choice_1219962.jpg) > [I don't have any advice at all. I think we all make the films that reflect the kind of people we are;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-longinotto/i-don-t-have-any-advice-at-all-i-think-we-all-make-the-films-that/) [Kim Longinotto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-longinotto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/kim-longinotto-29058_advice_i-don-t-have-any-advice-at-all-i-think-w_1284229.jpg) > [There is unpredictability and randomness to life and films should reflect that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harshvardhan-kapoor/there-is-unpredictability-and-randomness-to-life-and-films-should/) [Harshvardhan Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harshvardhan-kapoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/harshvardhan-kapoor-5597_cinema_there-is-unpredictability-and-randomness_1625767.jpg) > [Cinema is consistently making a claim to particular memories, histories, ways of life, identities, and values that always presuppose some notion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/cinema-is-consistently-making-a-claim-to-particular-memories/) [Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/henry-giroux-945_accountability_cinema-is-consistently-making-a-claim-to_1707043.jpg) > [I believe that every director's films reflect their lifestyle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takashi-miike/i-believe-that-every-director-s-films-reflect-their-lifestyle/) [Takashi Miike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/takashi-miike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/takashi-miike-3507_believe_i-believe-that-every-director-s-films-re_1741214.jpg) > [I have always acted in films where women have an equal, if not bigger, role than mine. Don't the kind of films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-madhavan/i-have-always-acted-in-films-where-women-have-an-equal-if-not-bigger/) [R. Madhavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-madhavan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/r-madhavan-5873_always_i-have-always-acted-in-films-where-women_2814573.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/films-reflect/#itemlist", "name": "Films Reflect Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abhay Deol" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhay-deol/i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-want-to-do-similar-films-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/abhay-deol-5665_american_i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-w_447181.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/abhay-deol-5665_american_i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-w_447181.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/abhay-deol-5665_american_i-enjoy-films-like-american-beauty-and-w_447181.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.” — Abhay Deol", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all desire things that we believe we cannot have, and so my films reflect that again and again. 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