Films Quotes

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When we started talking to our actors and to our directors, this is with all due respect to the film, if you want to know… — Jeph Loeb
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct… — Anthony Minghella
Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them in paintings, novels,… — Alasdair Gray
I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than… — Ken Burns
The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but also to its… — Michel Chion
The world has never before had as much drama as today. Radio, films, television and video inundate us with drama. But while these forms can… — Unknown Author
That changes your whole perception of the film, your perception of the ending...The challenge for us, especially with the Lord of the Rings is how… — Henry Jenkins
It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just… — Richard Donner
I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go… — Jeremy Brett
I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films… — Satyajit Ray
I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or… — Satyajit Ray
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director… — Satyajit Ray
Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films… — Satyajit Ray
Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts. — Gene Shalit
You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films. — Keenen Ivory Wayans
We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make… — Keenen Ivory Wayans
There's no point in making films unless you intend to show us something special, otherwise just go out and watch a play. Kubrick showed us… — Bryan Singer
I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years. — Bryan Singer
I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the present, or the… — Donald Fagen
I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films… — Mike Figgis
Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free. — Mike Figgis
Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a… — Pola Negri
I honestly don't understand the big fuss made over nudity and sex in films. It's silly. — Sharon Tate
My plan was to stay in Canada to make films. — Ted Kotcheff
I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one… — Jim Jarmusch

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