Cinema Quote by Keith Maitland

I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.

— Stephen Hopkins

I wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. I wanted to do something that was completely…

— Alicia Keys

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

— Anonymous

Somewhere down the line, I felt the need to come to grips with the realistic - or live action - image which seemed to…

— Saul Bass

I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel…

— Domhnall Gleeson

Film is so immersive.

— Mike Birbiglia

When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the tone and…

— Harmony Korine

I wanted to do something in film. I wanted to make my own movies. Something clicked in my brain, like, 'Oh, I can physically…

— Finn Wolfhard

I'd been working so hard making the film that I hadn't even emotionally processed the fact that I was a director.

— William Monahan

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.

— Tim Reid

I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

— Paul Verhoeven