Cinema Quote by John Waters

The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One way or…

— Diane Lane

I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie.

— Pedro Almodovar

STARTLING & INVENTIVE...This is not a movie that lets go of you easily.

— A. O. Scott

When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to…

— Todd Solondz

I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an…

— James Berardinelli

Sometimes films surprise you in a way that you didn't even expect.

— Sargun Mehta

It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough…

— Brad Pitt

When I see a good film, it's like a whiplash. I run away, in order not to be influenced. Thus, the films I liked…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

When you look at my film you see footage that is unbelievably awesome and beautiful and dangerous looking. It's something that is very, very…

— Werner Herzog

Certainly my films are cinematically unusual, and quite contemplative in their pacing compared to conventional films, but I think overall they are quite engaging,…

— Jenni Olson