Film Quote by Margaret Atwood Download Open image “A movie about the past is not the same as the past.” — Margaret Atwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Film Movie Movie Past Past Past Past Time
You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past. I'm not impressed by… — Paulette Goddard Copy Share Image
“I try to remember if the past was exactly like this. I'm not sure, now. I know it contained these things, but somehow the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Films that take place in the past reproduce the aesthetics of the past. I question the aesthetics of the past. — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies. — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
And there lies the horror: the past we remember is devoid of time. Impossible to reexperience a love the way we reread a book… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
History is contemporary. Your understanding of history confirms what you think of the present. It's not neutral. I would be very surprised if people… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Anyone who says a movie about history is a historical document is crazy. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood 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
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
My only close-to-game-plan is to follow good writing. If the writing is in TV or if it's in theater or in film, that's it.… — Adam Driver 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
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald 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