I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier. Votes: 3
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of YardleyI didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film. Votes: 3
Philip Seymour HoffmanWhen you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.
Matthew William GoodeFilm school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.
Paul Thomas AndersonFilm is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast.
Patrick DemarchelierThe biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.
Benedict CumberbatchIn film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld.
Charles Keating, Jr.When you make a film that is based in reality, reality will come up all around it.
Mario Van PeeblesUnless a subject interests me, I'll pass it over and save my film for better things.
Andreas FeiningerJenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.
Nicolas Winding RefnI don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.
Peter GreenawayI'd love to be in a 1910s film - the era between the corsets and losing the corsets.
Vanessa ParadisUsually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.
Billy Bob ThorntonI like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.
Cillian MurphyEven in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.
Jack NicholsonWhen you make a film, it's a bet. You don't know how the film is going to be, anyway.
Juliette BinocheWho says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film.
Langdon WinnerThe film business has so many twists and turns that its a miracle any film gets made.
Peter HambletonThe fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran.
Asghar FarhadiThe calibre of TV's changing. It's becoming much more epic. To rival film, definitely.
Emilia ClarkeIf you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.
Evangeline LillyI always try doing a different character for every film so it's not just changing one.
Freddie HighmoreIts always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.
Holliday GraingerI suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.
Jack NicholsonIt's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.
Jennifer Yuh NelsonThere are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries.
Kiefer SutherlandI think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.
Nash EdgertonRecently, I've been loving Monster Hunter! A film conversion is currently in planning.
Paul W. S. AndersonIf you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!
Werner HerzogI think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.
Bella HeathcoteYou have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.
Cate BlanchettI was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him
Christian SlaterWithout chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor.
Clint WalkerEven if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.
Gus Van SantThis film [the Cell] certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along with my songs.
Jennifer LopezIf a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
Patrice LeconteThe film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how matter plays tricks on man.
Walter BenjaminI would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.
Werner HerzogWenn ein Film Erfolg hat, ist er ein Geschäft. Wenn er keinen Erfolg hat, ist er Kunst.
Ponti, CarloI knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.
Alicia SilverstoneI never really feel like I'm sure a film's gonna happen until I'm maybe halfway through.
Alicia VikanderI couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
Ava GardnerCrewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.
Ben MendelsohnFilm is the best way to capture an image and project that image. It just is, hands down.
Christopher NolanI've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.
Hiroyuki SanadaEveryone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.
Jay DuplassA lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist.
Michael WinterbottomI always push myself, even when I did a film where it was pretty much me the whole film.
Noomi RapaceYou tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make.
Peter WebberIt was a tough film ["Selling Isobel"] to make anyway, because we had limited resources.
Rudolf BuitendachExtending the language of film sometimes starts with just trying to show one true thing.
Samuel FullerI was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.
Steven SebringAnother thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.
Steven SoderberghThe film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made.
Chloe SevignyThere are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.
Christopher LeeI've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.
Cliff MartinezYou never know when the publicity people will feel it is a good time to release the film.
Colm MeaneyTo me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.
Dito MontielTo me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.
Ellen BurstynOn film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point.
Geena DavisYou could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.
Helen MirrenIn film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
Manuel PuigI think that there's a very lucid side in cinema: entering a theater and seeing the film.
Miguel GomesI find trying to solve problems and save lives is far more important than my film career.
Nicole KidmanThe stuff I'm working on is quite dense. I'm seeing every four bars as a scene in a film.
Pharoahe MonchI want my film to be possible to use as a reference when we are trying to live our lives.
Ruben OstlundTrying to film a movie on a diet is hard enough, I can't imagine how it would be on drugs.
Amber HeardRomeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.
Anthony Anderson'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
Anurag KashyapI am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film.
Chris HegedusI was amazed at the rosy glow that can be around one when youre in a film thats done well.
Embeth DavidtzI guess anyone would be nervous to give your life over to someone to make a film about it.
Jill EikenberryI think the endeavor is to just make your film and then hope it travels as much as it can.
Karan JoharOne of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.
Michael ArndtMy family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really.
Missi PyleDigital makes it so much easier. No bricks of film, no worrying about airport X-rays, etc.
Peter MenzelIf I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
Ralph FiennesI've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.
Ryan PhillippeYou need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown
Tobe HooperIt doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
Alan ParkerAny time a new horror film comes out that looks appealing, I'm always excited to go see it.
Alexandra BreckenridgeThe challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
Bernadette PetersI'm certainly not the lead of the film [Wonder Woman] and I don't have a problem with that.
Chris PineI would never say someone elseâs film isnât âa real film.â The quote is inaccurate.
Christopher NolanI genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
Daniel CraigThe bookis a distant relative of the truth, and the film is a distant relative of the book,
Danny PorushMy brother knows more about film sets than I do, because he works at New York Film Academy.
Elizabeth OlsenOn the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.
Elizabeth TaylorI hope the film will help mothers and fathers to be aware that 15 is a very vulnerable age.
Ellen MuthIn the film industry you work very long hours, and making a film is a very intense process.
Emma WatsonI love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people.
Ewan McGregorI was spending a lot of time in trailers, you know, on film sets surrounded by film people.
Ewan McGregorThere's always things from shooting a film that you pick up that hopefully make you better.
F. Gary GrayThere was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square.
John Waters'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out.
Kimberly EliseThere is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain.
Rebecca MillerClass is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.
Roger EbertIceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.
Russell CroweWhen you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
Ted KotcheffI think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.
Will OldhamMy job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.
Abel FerraraDon't shy away from producing your own film and being in charge of its business end as well.
Afia NathanielMr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film
Annette FunicelloNovels written with film contracts in mind have a faint but unmistakable, and ruinous, odor.
Annie DillardThe tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed.
Charlize TheronI also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.
Dario ArgentoEuthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.
Dustin HoffmanI wish I could create an IMAX film that would make my work accessible to a broader audience.
Edward BurtynskyIf you donât want to be scared in a horror film, donât close your eyes. Close your ears.
Eli RothI love the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end.
Elizabeth BanksI don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.
Isabella RosselliniI did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.
Isabelle HuppertFilm has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.
Marco BeltramiThe relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime
Marlene DietrichCreating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life.
Matt SorumWhen I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.
Michelangelo AntonioniFilm is the art of turning money into light, and light into money. But it begins with money.
Richard FlanaganOne man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
Stanley KubrickI love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my days off.
T. J. ThyneIt doesn't matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.
Werner HerzogThere are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
Aaron Taylor-JohnsonWhat I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film.
Adam ArkinFilm is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it
Claire BloomI decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end.
Claude LelouchIf you need to get in physical shape for a film and you have to maintain that for six months.
Colin FarrellI think that the process of making a film is an underrated factor in how that film turns out.
Daniel RadcliffeEvery film is a new adventure, and I always meet new cast and crew members that blow my mind.
Gabriel CampisiA vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.
James CromwellI'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed.
Maggie SmithYou make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real.
Mark HaddonAs a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.
Michael HanekeIf you could call me buff, my version of buff was when I finished that film [Swiss Army Man].
Paul DanoThat's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!
Rick YuneA film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin
Charlotte RamplingI just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.
Colin FarrellMaking a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing
Daniel Day-LewisI made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.
Danny BoyleFilmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?
John CassavetesMy ideal role would be the lead in a film with a director that I really appreciate and admire.
Logan LermanIf you're looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.
Martin ScorseseA film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, deathIn one word, emotions.
Samuel FullerI've seen the film. And I'll tell you this, I'm glad Chuck Yeager isn't running for President.
Walter F. MondaleThe thing about a motion picture is that look of film on a big screen takes you into a magical.
Billy Bob ThorntonProbably though, by the time I was 17, I already knew that I was probably going to go into film
Brian HensonI don't think comedians take advantage of the fact that television and film are visual mediums.
Eric AndreWhen you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex.
Guido PalauPeople say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you.
John HurtWhat is the difference between a celebrity and a not so celebrity? It's probably just one film.
Juliet AsanteAfter Frankenstein, I feel as if I want to make a film about somebody having a nice cup of tea.
Kenneth BranaghThe first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.
Mark GatissThe film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself.
Martin BashirThat's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind.
Matthew WeinerIn terms of my own film experience, I'm definitely used to morose and very heavy, heavy dramas.
Mia KirshnerI discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.
Morris GleitzmanThe music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.
Peter JacksonArguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes.
Robert EnglundWith each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don't get bored! I like to tackle challenges.
Roman PolanskiIt makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.
Sonia BragaWhen you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with
Sophie MarceauMaking a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.
Steven SoderberghIf you don't have fun doing the film, then the results of the film will never give you any fun.
Woody AllenUm einen Film von heute zu machen, brauchst du ja nur die Kondome in den Vordergrund zu rücken.
Wilder, BillyYou have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.
Arthur EricksonI fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.
Chiwetel EjioforI saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead!
Clive JamesIf I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one.
Colin FirthI was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program.
David BrooksTo make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman
Deepa MehtaThe beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what's coming.
Denzel WhitakerIf you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in.
Emma DonoghueI might do my own independent film, that my husband wrote for me, if all the ducks are in a row.
Erica DuranceWhen you come to do the film, it is not the time to wonder why you do it. It's just how to do it
Isabelle HuppertAny film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it.
Joseph KosinskiThere's a great freedom you get when you're making TV that you don't get when you're doing film.
Kieran BewI feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.
Kirsten DunstWhen we travel, we are like a film at the moment of exposure; it is memory that will develop it.
Max FrischFor film, I audition just like everyone else, because it's a different set of casting directors.
Neil Patrick HarrisIt's always hard to be away and relocate. When you relocate for a film, there's an end in sight.
Shane WestOne thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.
Tavi GevinsonI want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film
Todd BarryDer deutsche Film als Begriff ist für mich eine Abstraktion. Ich kenne nur einzelne Filmemacher.
Schlöndorff, VolkerI think I got people confidence because I was not looking at them like insects that I would film.
Agnes VardaThe difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.
Alan BallIt's very hard to write music for a film because you're writing about somebody else's experience.
Alessandro NivolaMy line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.
Ben KingsleyI feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I've been in almost every Disney/Pixar film.
Bob BergenThere was definitely a learning curve in terms of being on film, but being on a set was all good.
Bryce Dallas HowardEverything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
Cameron DiazI'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
Elia KazanThere's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
Felicity JonesI don't want to be a film star. I don't even want to be a pop star. I just want to live in peace.
George HarrisonThe script is what you`ve dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with.
George LucasDrumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together.
James GennAs Carrie Fisher once said in a film, everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humour.
Jane GreenWhen I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.
Jason ReitmanI always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.
Marc ForsterSomething you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles.
Marc WebbI started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.
Mickey RourkeMy initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world.
Nicolas Winding RefnIt doesn't matter how good your film is; if people don't know about it, they won't go and see it.
Robert Kane Pappas'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.
Spike LeeIt's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.
Amy Sherman-PalladinoWhen I'm acting, I just want to be the character and not have to think of any film technicalities.
Denzel WhitakerI don't want to direct music videos at all. Any work I do with a camera I'd like to be for a film.
Giuseppe AndrewsOne person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.
Kevin CostnerI've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.
Kristen JohnstonIt's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film.
Luke TreadawayAn important film that must be seen. Saving Lincoln is moving, ingenious, original and impressive.
Michael MedvedThis fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film.
Michael W. SmithThere are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't.
Paul NewmanFilm is my first love. It wasn't something I intended to fall in love with, but I grew to love it.
Preity ZintaBeing horrible in a big film is a quicker nosedive than doing an obscure film and making no money.
Renee ZellwegerThe art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.
Robert RedfordI've always wanted to act and I grew up a little on film sets when my dad was working as an actor.
Saoirse RonanI want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.
Alia ShawkatMaking a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western
Ang LeeFor me a film is at its best when you can start filling in the story with your own life experience.
Brad PittI did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.
Dustin HoffmanOnce a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.
Helen MirrenEvery screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.
Joseph L. MankiewiczThose who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.
Khaled HosseiniSometimes I see people finish a film and they go, "Yeah, that was good. Where are we going to eat?"
Luc BessonThere's just so little mystery left in music or film. It was all that was magical to me as a child.
Mark LaneganI regretted not being a person in shape many a day while we were making this film [Swiss Army Man].
Paul DanoCompleting a piece of art and using all of the elements of making a film, was satisfying, for sure.
Robert StrombergMusic is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.
Roland JoffeI do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his
Shah Rukh KhanI've never written an original piece for film; all the original things I've done are for the stage.
Tom StoppardI don't think my film style has changed. I'm doing the same kind of jokes I did when I was younger.
Woody AllenI'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.
Agnes VardaIf the overall quality of your film depends on what you shot it on, you aren't ready to make a film.
Barry GreenYou can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.
Cate BlanchettI believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.
Chad LoweYou see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.
Clive OwenI will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anyone else.
Daniel RadcliffeI used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.
Helen McCroryMost of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"
Ian MckellenIf I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.
James FrancoFilm work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.
Joanna LumleyIt's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world.
Jonah HillThere has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker.
Len LyeI'm not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.
Martin ScorseseHere is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody.
Michel LegrandI have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.
Peter GreenawayTo be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!
Sean BeanI became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.
Steven SebringIt's so many different elements to a film. Just learning the ins and outs and how the machine works.
T.I.I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.
Terrence HowardA film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.
Tim ReidPhotography is a very forgiving medium. Anybody that can afford film and a camera can make pictures.
Todd Walker'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever top it.
Wallace ShawnMy first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen. Votes: 3 Eddie Redmayne
But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys. Votes: 1 Bruce Willis
The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in. Votes: 3 Lloyd Kaufman
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. Votes: 3 Ann Macbeth
The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions. Votes: 3 Edward Norton
It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat. Votes: 1 Peter Capaldi
Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film. Votes: 1 Yahoo Serious
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? Votes: 1 Christina Aguilera
One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality. Votes: 1 Ken Adam
Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that. Votes: 2 Freddie Highmore
I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself. Votes: 4 Harry Shearer
I consider every one of the Disney films that Bob & I worked on, to have been the luckiest break any two songwriters could have ever had. They all aimed at quality and timelessness. That's why they live over the years. Votes: 2 Richard Sherman
So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don't feel particularly crippled by this. I don't want it to look natural because then I would be making a documentary film. Votes: 2 Jenny Holzer
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors. Votes: 3 Bill Forsyth
My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you. Votes: 3 Vin Diesel
Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold. Votes: 2 Nicolas Cage
I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg. Votes: 2 Sam Rockwell
Serious writers pretend they don't care about film adaptations of their work, but it's a colossal lie: We all care. Votes: 3 Jean Hanff Korelitz
It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing? Votes: 2 Richard Donner
I don't believe in very many things, but art is definitely one of them. And at the top of that list, film and art influence our world's culture much more than many of us understand and fully respect. Votes: 3 Megan Ellison
Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there. Votes: 2 Allison Anders
We used to flock to watch gladiators, public torture and executions. In more recent times, our appetite for mortal violence has been sublimated in sports, photorealistic video games, film and literature. Votes: 3 Kenneth Oppel
TV has been very good to me, and I hope I've been good to it, but I also love film. Votes: 2 David Anders
All my film ideas and subjects have come from photography. Votes: 2 Lauren Greenfield
Thank God for theater and film and television and my very, very, very lucky life. Votes: 4 Jonathan Banks
TV has been very good to me, and I hope I've been good to it, but I also love film. Votes: 2 David Anders
When I started working in film, I loved photography, I loved the image, I loved telling the story within a frame, but as I started playing around with film and video, it was like, 'Oh my god.' You just have so much more to play with. Votes: 3 Lynn Shelton
At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil. Votes: 2 Marc Davis
For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident. Votes: 2 Sidney Lumet
The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement. Votes: 4 Atom Egoyan
The truth is, unlike TV and film cameras, the theater stage doesn't add 10 pounds. Votes: 4 Sara Ramirez
There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film. Votes: 1 Anurag Kashyap
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: 3 Jonathan Jackson
I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. Votes: 2 Roger Ebert
When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence. Votes: 1 Atom Egoyan
Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. Votes: 4 Yvonne Strahovski
It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves. Votes: 4 Alan Cumming
I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school. Votes: 4 Ray Harryhausen
Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good: you want that, because it keeps you on your toes, and it's important to remember what's actually important. Votes: 3 Damien Chazelle
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? Votes: 4 Christina Aguilera
I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history. Votes: 4 Flea
It'll be the Internet and piracy that will kill film. There's a philosophy that the Internet should be free, but the reality is that piracy will destroy the film industry and film as an art form because it's expensive to make a movie. Maybe you'll have funky little independent movies, and it'll go back and then start up again some other way. Votes: 2 Helen Mirren
I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! Votes: 1 Marie Windsor
I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations. Votes: 4 Alfred Molina
African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance. Votes: 4 Wole Soyinka
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad. Votes: 2 James Cameron
Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion. Votes: 6 Malcolm Arnold
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. Votes: 2 Carter Burwell
That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for a vessel to tell a certain kind of story, and I was a huge fan of Film Noir, and what I liked about it was that it was so extreme in style. Votes: 6 Lawrence Kasdan
I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room. Votes: 3 Anurag Kashyap
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role. Votes: 3 Bela Lugosi
The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production. Votes: 4 Wang Jianlin
I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be. Votes: 4 Maggie Q
I started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings. Votes: 4 Carlos Fuentes
NYU Film School was the way to learn about film, to be exposed to film, to go to repertory houses, to be exposed to New York and see films. I would go to the library and see one, two or three movies a day. Votes: 3 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me. Votes: 4 Michael W. Smith
Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water. Votes: 3 Frida Giannini
The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules. You had Jeffrey Hinton playing every kind of music. It was like going back to when I used to deejay at Planet in '79, where you'd mix in nutty things like hip-hop or reggae or The Sound of Music [1965] or other film soundtracks - whatever. Votes: 3 Boy George
And a Famous Film Star who is left alone is more alone than any other person has ever been in the whole Histry of the World, because of the contrast to our normal enviromint. Votes: 3 Anita Loos
Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself. Votes: 2 Vijay Mallya
The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg. Votes: 2 Philippe Falardeau
It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film. Votes: 4 Robert Mayer
I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. Violence in life breeds violence in films. Votes: 2 Robert Aldrich
Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself. Votes: 2 Daniel Radcliffe
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 David Hare
I visualise what I want through meditation. The process of meditating is a great way of making sure I have my priorities sorted. It's not about money - I focus on my career and the kind of film projects I want to do. Film-making is a passion for me, and my mantra is that you should do what you love, and the money will follow. Votes: 2 Shilpa Shetty
Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button. Votes: 2 Geoff Mulgan
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 Robert Altman
I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but I'll still be very proud that I was part of the 'Harry Potter' films. Votes: 2 Emma Watson
I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s. Votes: 2 Gerard Depardieu
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film. Votes: 4 David Cronenberg
Being closer to the genesis of this whole period, it captured the importance of the concept of making contact and accurately depicted the paranoia of the time. It's an excellent film. Votes: 1 Dwight Schultz
The lifeblood of my career has been independent film. Votes: 4 James Woods
A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park for a nice walk. Then I'd go down to the East Village and stroll around. After that, maybe I'd go check out a museum or catch an indie film at the Angelika. Votes: 2 Emmanuelle Chriqui
I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film. Votes: 2 Norman Jewison
I just totally do not believe in this sort of Bart Simpson character who infects so much of our literature and film and TV stuff nowadays, these know-it-all kids who seem to understand the hypocrisy of the adult world so thoroughly and can talk about it with such articulateness. That's bunk. Votes: 3 David Small
What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters. Votes: 2 Harmony Korine
Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every conceivable recording need. Votes: 1 Graydon Carter
Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way. Votes: 2 Steven Spielberg
We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do. Votes: 4 Mira Nair
Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers. Votes: 4 William Shatner
Sara' was the first film project I worked on as an actress; it's a short film. Votes: 4 Jessica Clark
I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect. Votes: 6 Damien Chazelle