Being Quote by Hong Chau

In many ways the film business is behind what's going on culturally. We are a world that is becoming more diverse and there's no…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Film is an oversimplification of things. That it really boils things down and makes them too simple.

— Morgan Spurlock

I think it's kind of strange when people talk about how hyped-up the movie is. It almost sets you up for a bigger fall.

— Jonah Hill

Film has become such a central part of our culture now that I think sometimes too great a weight is placed upon it in…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

All of my films have been very dialogue-heavy, and that's great. It always makes it more of a challenge to market in other countries.

— Edgar Wright

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and…

— Richard Roeper

The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people.

— Ben Hecht

By the time the discussion starts about a movie, it's like bringing up an old boyfriend. It's like, 'I don't even remember exactly what…

— Lena Olin

My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an appeal for…

— Michael Haneke

Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.

— Diego Luna

It can't change anything immediately, but films can absolutely be catalysts for conversation.

— Debra Granik

And also, that's the kind of wonderful thing about film culture, is the interaction between films and who works on what, where they were…

— Anton Yelchin