Cinema Quote by Donnie Yen Download Open image “I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.” — Donnie Yen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cinema Director Directors Film I think Stories Story Telling A Story Think Thinking
The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make a movie… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
Filmmaking, whatever the window dressing or the scale of a film may be, is eventually about telling a story. — Farhan Akhtar Copy Share Image
Film is all about telling stories, and telling stories is the thing that has pushed forward humanity from the beginning of storytelling. — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
A film is a story told in pictures. The beginning process of the film is coming up with the idea, developing it into a… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that a film isn't just a story, but the WAY that a story is told. It's why I am such… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else. — Esra Saydam Copy Share Image
Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell. — Nancy Juvonen Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I think action movies bring more excitement than tears, but I always want to take it to another level. I mean, I think if… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune. — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs. — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker. — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
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