--- title: "13 Thing Film Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Thing Film quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Thing Film sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/lyriq-bent-35449_cinema_my-thing-is-film-really-1561282_1561282.jpg" --- > [My thing is film, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyriq-bent/my-thing-is-film-really/) [Lyriq Bent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyriq-bent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/lyriq-bent-35449_cinema_my-thing-is-film-really-1561282_1561282.jpg) > [I think I've done every disgusting thing you can in a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-think-i-ve-done-every-disgusting-thing-you-can-in-a-film/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/anonymous-1_cinema_i-think-i-ve-done-every-disgusting-thing_2884305.jpg) > [My thing is whether my film is small, I am still playing the protagonist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahul-roy/my-thing-is-whether-my-film-is-small-i-am-still-playing-the/) [Rahul Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahul-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/rahul-roy-11051_cinema_my-thing-is-whether-my-film-is-small-i-a_447073.jpg) > [The main thing on film is you want to be innocent to the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/the-main-thing-on-film-is-you-want-to-be-innocent-to-the-moment/) [Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/richard-jenkins-16529_cinema_the-main-thing-on-film-is-you-want-to-be_2912483.jpg) > [The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-lane/the-weird-thing-about-film-which-i-don-t-really-care-for-is-that-i-m/) [Diane Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/diane-lane-3573_always_the-weird-thing-about-film-which-i-don-t_1429460.jpg) > [The realm of superstitions, fortune-telling, presentiments, intuition, dreams, all this is the inner life of a human being, and all this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-kieslowski/the-realm-of-superstitions-fortune-telling-presentiments-intuition/) [Krzysztof Kieslowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-kieslowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/krzysztof-kieslowski-12116_cinematic_the-realm-of-superstitions-fortune-telli_3177326.png) > [Some people look at the surface, while some see what's deep down. The most important thing is that the film should somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esra-saydam/some-people-look-at-the-surface-while-some-see-what-s-deep-down-the/) [Esra Saydam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esra-saydam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/esra-saydam-63515_cinema_some-people-look-at-the-surface-while-so_2749950.jpg) > [The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiwetel-ejiofor/the-thing-about-film-is-it-is-a-very-precise-form-you-know-if-you/) [Chiwetel Ejiofor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiwetel-ejiofor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/chiwetel-ejiofor-4438_bits_the-thing-about-film-is-it-is-a-very-pre_1722859.jpg) > [The wonderful thing about film is that you have something that has a beginning, middle, and end, and you have a concrete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-liu/the-wonderful-thing-about-film-is-that-you-have-something-that-has-a/) [Lucy Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/lucy-liu-12043_amount_the-wonderful-thing-about-film-is-that-y_1007660.jpg) > [The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-owen/the-theater-s-a-live-thing-and-film-is-to-some-extent-a-discipline/) [Clive Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/clive-owen-3148_cinema_the-theater-s-a-live-thing-and-film-is-t_466580.jpg) > [Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denzel-washington/fundamentally-the-most-important-thing-is-to-get-the-film-made-for-me/) [Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denzel-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/denzel-washington-1345_business_fundamentally-the-most-important-thing-i_1164541.jpg) > [And also, that's the kind of wonderful thing about film culture, is the interaction between films and who works on what, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-yelchin/and-also-that-s-the-kind-of-wonderful-thing-about-film-culture-is-the/) [Anton Yelchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-yelchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anton-yelchin-13487_before-and-now_and-also-that-s-the-kind-of-wonderful-th_1453114.jpg) > [You make films to give people something, to transport them somewhere else, and it doesn't matter if you transport them to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-kieslowski/you-make-films-to-give-people-something-to-transport-them-somewhere/) [Krzysztof Kieslowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-kieslowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/krzysztof-kieslowski-12116_cinema_you-make-films-to-give-people-something_1029619.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thing-film/#itemlist", "name": "Thing Film Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My thing is film, really.", "creator": { "@type": 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I've been trying to get there from the beginning. 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