Comedy Quote by Sophie Barthes

I believe that the difference in genre of movies is a small thing.

— Takashi Miike

As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it's hard for…

— Brian Helgeland

Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from…

— Christopher Nolan

The idea of doing a period movie, some people say, "Isn't it odd that you're doing a period movie? That's a change of pace…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

As my films are born at the moment when they are reflected into another person's mind and memories, there are no misconceptions. I totally…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

In movies, comedy and tragedy are all the same.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Period costume films are fun to discover, but they're not relatable. It's more, 'Wow, that's cool - did it really look like that back…

— Paul Feig

It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.

— Kate Winslet

Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies.

— Patrick Swayze

I've never done a period piece or a comedy, and that could be something truly different for me.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in…

— Mariella Frostrup

In film, in general, you have just so many cliche themes or stories that are told over and over again.

— Takashi Miike