Cinema Quote by James Ivory

In order to make a movie it isn't enough to have a script, it isn't enough to have a director, it isn't enough to…

— Lester Persky

I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person,…

— William H. Macy

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.

— Andrea Arnold

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited…

— Mark Rydell

When you do a first movie, you're contractually supposed to do the second one and then you don't do it, you become an executive…

— Louis Leterrier

The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made.

— Chloe Sevigny

I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.

— Jonathan Frakes

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big…

— Martin Compston

I don't understand how people do so many films at the same time. For me, two films a year.

— Nana Patekar

I've done lots of films with first directors, so it's not unusual for me.

— John Hurt

In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co-opted…

— Parker Posey

The average movie-goer in this country sees six films in a year. That's one every two months. What the studios are trying to do…

— Anita Elberse