Film Noir Quotes

13 Film Noir quotes by 12 unique authors

As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball, a 40s film… — Steven A. Cohen
I always find myself gravitating to the analogy of a maze. Think of film noir and if you picture the story as a maze, you… — Christopher Nolan
Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of conspiracy. It's definitely… — Christopher Nolan
I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Robert Pattinson has the face of a film-noir dupe. It's a face that is searching and open and kind. It's a face that a certain… — Wesley Morris
When I was making these damned pictures, I never knew about film noir. If you had asked me about it then, I probably would have… — Samuel Fuller
There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's… — Diana Krall
Film noir has a mood that everyone can feel. It’s people in trouble, at night, with a little bit of wind and the right kind… — David Lynch
That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for a vessel to… — Lawrence Kasdan
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in… — Roger Ebert
Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained… — Lana Wachowski
With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can… — Larry Wachowski
I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! — Marie Windsor

Who Wrote These Film Noir Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 13 Film Noir Quotes as follows: