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title: "6 Tell Film Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [If we could tell a film, then why make a film?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jafar-panahi/if-we-could-tell-a-film-then-why-make-a-film/)

[Jafar Panahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jafar-panahi/)

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> [For me, I can't tell you if the film is good or bad, all I can say is for me the film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-fellner/for-me-i-can-t-tell-you-if-the-film-is-good-or-bad-all-i-can-say-is/)

[Eric Fellner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-fellner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/eric-fellner-13466_able_for-me-i-can-t-tell-you-if-the-film-is-g_352491.jpg)

> [There are so many slices to the African-American experience. I mean, I have the whole ghetto pedigree. My mom was in jail,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salim-akil/there-are-so-many-slices-to-the-african-american-experience-i-mean-i/)

[Salim Akil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salim-akil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/salim-akil-10564_experience_there-are-so-many-slices-to-the-african_1231789.jpg)

> [Why do they feel the need to tell me, 'That film was sh\*t'. It happens quite a lot. I was with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-mcgregor/why-do-they-feel-the-need-to-tell-me-that-film-was-sh-t-it-happens/)

[Ewan McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-mcgregor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/ewan-mcgregor-2364_children_why-do-they-feel-the-need-to-tell-me-tha_1339409.jpg)

> [I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tippi-hedren/i-was-under-contract-with-hitchcock-before-i-even-met-him-they-wouldn/)

[Tippi Hedren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tippi-hedren/)

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> [A lot of times I don't know if I trust the director to tell that film's story. Or I think it's inappropriate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiersey-clemons/a-lot-of-times-i-don-t-know-if-i-trust-the-director-to-tell-that-film/)

[Kiersey Clemons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiersey-clemons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/kiersey-clemons-20082_black_a-lot-of-times-i-don-t-know-if-i-trust-t_2586618.jpg)

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