Authenticity Quote by Valerie Harper

The movies had a huge impact on me. I loved going to the cinema, walking in at any point in the film and then…

— Maureen Lipman

For me, it was all about working with an inspirational filmmaker.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I think my performance in 'What's Love Got to Do With It' was powerful. I was so unafraid and confident. You know, it was…

— Jenifer Lewis

The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level.

— David Thewlis

I had to stop taking myself and the craft that seriously. Somehow I saw the bigger context of life. It's just a movie. What…

— Lee Isaac Chung

Making a movie about the love between two women was really a tribute to the lesbian people in my life, my dear friends who…

— Todd Haynes

'Beyond the Lights' took incredible fight to get made. Four years of writing and two years of overcoming 'no.' Every studio balked. Twice. But…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I am honored to be a part of that film. It has a really important message, embracing one's individuality. It was the most universal…

— Brittany Murphy

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same…

— Pedro Almodovar

The movie had a much bigger impact on me than I ever thought that it did.

— Erin Brockovich

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

The act of directing myself as an actor, deciding where my body went, and then everyone in the crew and cast supporting that decision…

— Eva Victor