Quotes about Great Film

You will never see'Altman's Great Film of the Seventies: The Director's Cut' because you have never seen a film of mine that wasn't the director's cut. I have never permitted it. Votes: 4

Every great film should seem new every time you see it. Votes: 2

People make great films. I just don't have the eyes to watch them. Votes: 2

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script. Votes: 2

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up. Votes: 2

I'm going to be a great film star. That is, if booze and sex don't get me first. Votes: 2

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes. Votes: 2

When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film. Votes: 2

While more great films are being made every year, it is increasingly difficult to get indies into theaters or on TV. Votes: 2

I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I love to talk about a film. Votes: 2

With the right movie, 3D can enhance the experience. Absolutely, it can make a good film a great film. It can make a great film a really amazing film to see . Votes: 2

I would rather portray the hero, if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Robin Hood." Votes: 2

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer. Votes: 2

Are we simply waving farewell to the days when some of the most interesting thinking in Europe and America came to us from our fiction film-makers? BBC2, which once introduced and showed great films, now shows none. Votes: 2

You have to be able to feel like you can play way outside of the box. If you're with a great filmmaker and someone you can trust, that's encouraged, and Seth was that kind of filmmaker and co-star. Votes: 2

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again. Votes: 2

Often it's true that films just go right through us. You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer. Votes: 2

There's a para-phrase about Orson Welles saying: "Great films are made by great directors and the rest are made by everyone else." I've been very lucky... before I start insulting the profession of directing, but I think a good director is everything and a bad director really is nothing at all. Votes: 2

Very few movies remain in public memory as landmark films, and I want to see whether '3 Idiots' will be up there with some of the wonderful films that have come out of this country Hopefully, we'll come to know in a few years whether it can become one of the great films. Votes: 2

I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation. Votes: 2

I'm pretty happy with who I am. I like myself and what I'm doing. I don't need to be the world's greatest director or the most famous -- or the richest. I don't need to make a whole lot of great films. I can do my job and I can do it pretty well. This is the realization I've come to, later in life. It's called growing up. Votes: 2

The great appeal of film is its relatability. Votes: 0

I never had a great role in a great film. Votes: 0

If a film is well made, then great, whatever it's about. Votes: 0

Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond. Votes: 0

Some people make a great film and then they can't follow up. Votes: 0

I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film. Votes: 0

Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction! Votes: 0

Every great film should seem new every time you see it."Roger Ebert Votes: 0

That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie. Votes: 0

Obviously it's a thrill to direct a 'Jurassic Park' film, and it's a great honor. Votes: 0

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film. Votes: 0

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive. Votes: 0

Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around. Votes: 0

The Lego Movie: Merely a great film, or the greatest film ever in the history of cinema? Votes: 0

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film Votes: 0

When you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex. Votes: 0

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film. Votes: 0

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there. Votes: 0

There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker. Votes: 0

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not. Votes: 0

There's a great freedom you get when you're making TV that you don't get when you're doing film. Votes: 0

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it. Votes: 0

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film. Votes: 0

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film. Votes: 0

The theater is like a faithful wife. The film is the great adventure - the costly, exacting mistress. Votes: 0

If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it. Votes: 0

Any additional spotlight you can put onto an opening of a film is a great thing to get. Votes: 0

I don't feel, 'I've made a great film'; I feel I've made what I set out to make. Votes: 0

Theres plenty of great independent films to do, but you cant support yourself making independent film as an actress. Votes: 0

There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress. Votes: 0

I read the book [ 'Middle School' ]! There was nothing specific really, I think everything in the film was great! Votes: 0

Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful. Votes: 0

I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors. Votes: 0

I've made some great movies. 'Risky Business' still stands up. It's timeless. They study that film in film school. Votes: 0

I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature. Votes: 0

I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature. Votes: 0

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? Votes: 0

Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee. Votes: 0

Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score. Votes: 0

'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score. Votes: 0

I've had a great run with great projects. I love the film industry. It keeps you young; it really does. Votes: 0

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre. Votes: 0

My quest to find a great role for myself started long before this film [ "Our Brand Is Crisis"]came around. Votes: 0

The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die. Votes: 0

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. Votes: 0

Every end of the day is a great movie and the Sun above is surely the leading actor in this film! Votes: 0

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them. Votes: 0

If you make a great film full of emotion, of pathos, people want to continue to know more, to work harder. Votes: 0

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact. Votes: 0

You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great. Votes: 0

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time. Votes: 0

I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting? Votes: 0

I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production. Votes: 0

Each film does bring a new set of personalities and it can turn out great or it can turn out not great. Votes: 0

In a great play or a great film, there's a rehearsal period and they find this character. On TV, everything moves fast. Votes: 0

One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into. Votes: 0

After working with so many great actors and acting students in film school, it was a whole other thing working with Luke [Kirby]. Votes: 0

I love film and, particularly, shorts. You don't get to see them often, and they're a great little form, like a short story. Votes: 0

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story. Votes: 0

There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much both. Votes: 0

Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself. Votes: 0

I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much. Votes: 0

I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood. Votes: 0

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable. Votes: 0

[Jimmy] Breslin's [write] really great book on Branch Rickey. And Branch Rickey himself wrote quite a lot. There's some film and kinescope from television. Votes: 0

The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done. Votes: 0

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be. Votes: 0

I'd like to keep doing film and TV, and I definitely can appreciate a good theme song. If it's memorable, that's a great thing. Votes: 0

Each job you have has it's own challenges. One of the great things about my job, is that each film is a different journey. Votes: 0

I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor. Votes: 0

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon. Votes: 0

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film. Votes: 0

I'm just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it's television or film or a theatre piece. Votes: 0

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert Votes: 0

One of the great ironies of my career is that people imagine me as some sort of hardcore metal guy because of the Metallica film. Votes: 0

I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great. Votes: 0

No matter how great the script, the actual film will only be a distant relative of it - it will never be an identical twin. Votes: 0

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert. Votes: 0

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script. Votes: 0

I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby , the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties, back then. Votes: 0

I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique. Votes: 0

Film sets are great fun. Film people are great people to hang around with. I don't want to run off and be distracted by other things. Votes: 0

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film. Votes: 0

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture. Votes: 0

In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture. Votes: 0

When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done. Votes: 0

A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume. Votes: 0

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story. Votes: 0

I'm interested in pressure, I'm interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them. Votes: 0

I just want to make great films and be good in them. And I think that my perception of what's great in a film is constantly evolving. Votes: 0

The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly. Votes: 0

Chicago is a great place because you can experience theatre, film, television, anything and everything, so for an actor it's exciting. The doors are kind of open. Votes: 0

Obviously, you know, I am known as an action director, and being a film editor previously had been a great advantage for me as an action director. Votes: 0

I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they've got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in cling film and put that on. Votes: 0

It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time. Votes: 0

We, as film-makers, are privileged. We can make people cry or laugh. We can make them think and feel. It is a great privilege and a great responsibility. Votes: 0

I always wanted to work on films, and when I was starting in television in this country, in Great Britain, there really wasn't any film to be made. Votes: 0

One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments. Votes: 0

I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities. Votes: 0

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in. Votes: 0

I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the reward is great. Votes: 0

I would be really excellent in a horror film because I have a great scream. I'd be really good in a comedy too. I'm top, top, top quality. Votes: 0

I'm in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film. Votes: 0

I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go. Votes: 0

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director. Votes: 0

The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person. Votes: 0

I'd done kids' TV in the U.K., but not great kids' TV. So yes, 'Submarine' was the first film and the first good thing that I have done. Votes: 0

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something. Votes: 0

I think film should be interactive. But at the same time, it's also great to go see a big popcorn movie and be taken to a complete fantasy world. Votes: 0

When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film. Votes: 0

The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know? Votes: 0

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks. Votes: 0

I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.' Votes: 0

I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good. Votes: 0

For me, it's always filmmaker and then character and then story. They're all equally important but if you don't have a great filmmaker, you will not have a great film unless you just get lucky. Votes: 0