Burden Quote by Daniel Day-Lewis

The main thing on film is you want to be innocent to the moment.

— Richard Jenkins

When I go to a film, you're taking it easy and you let things wash over you. That's what cinema's all about. You get…

— Mary Hansen

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.

— Ted Kotcheff

Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda…

— Michael Haneke

There has to be a continuation of the communal experience of filmgoing.

— Debra Granik

When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding…

— Julian Fellowes

Cinema and the arts invite viewers to focus on a story and, in doing so, peel away its layers and peer into the depths…

— Forest Whitaker

While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the…

— Sidney Lumet

The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you don't have…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Being a part of a good film is always satisfying and when audiences also accept your effort, it gives you twice the joy.

— Rockline Venkatesh

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with…

— Conrad Hall

To the leaders of the cinema still to come, I can offer only a few words drawn from my modest experience. You must ceaselessly…

— Nagisa Oshima