Historical Quote by Asghar Farhadi

I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

— Steven Spielberg

I love history. I'm very interested by it and I think it's great to have a movie that brings it alive in a way.…

— Ben Stiller

One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.

— James Purefoy

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

— Ian Hislop

I have always gone with the story which I liked at that point of time and when I retire my filmography will be interesting.

— Anubhav Sinha

I love history and I love watching history movies, stuff like 'Ben Hur' and 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago.'

— Max Cavalera

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it…

— Katherine Paterson

I've always wanted to do a period movie, to do something the turn of the century, and I'm really fascinated by that whole time…

— Juliet Landau

I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

— Rob Zombie

The beauty of history is that historians have the ability to find patterns, the big picture. When you make a movie, you try to…

— Oliver Stone

An era that I specifically like is sort of late 50's, early 60's. I guess mid 50's too. I like these types of films…

— Alden Ehrenreich

An era that I specifically like is sort of late '50s, early '60s. I guess mid '50s, too. I like these types of films…

— Alden Ehrenreich