A I Film Quotes

I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film. — Steve Martin

I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience. — Stephen Hopkins

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. — James Iha

When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind of sentiment. — Leonard Maltin

I am not a regular at film festivals. — Lillete Dubey

As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts. — Sophie Okonedo

I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece - whether it is in the theatre or in film. — John Kander

I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore. — Madhur Bhandarkar

I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre. — Nicolas Roeg

I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter? — Bryan Adams

Yeah, I played video games on and off for quite a few years. I played Doom and was a fan of the game and that was my prime reason for doing the film. — Karl Urban

Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it. — Thomas Ian Nicholas

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. — Jessica Raine

I mean, I made The Phantom, although The Phantom was, believe it or not, an independent film. It was just a very large, expensive independent film. — Gerard Butler

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin. — Charlotte Rampling

I know I'd like to direct a film at some point, and maybe I'll write it. — Paul Dano

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film ... — Guillermo Del Toro

There's no more film; now everything's digital. I welcome this. It's fantastic for me to have a new chance. — Bernardo Bertolucci

I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star. — Uday Kiran

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent. — Patrice Leconte

My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I've had a great run with great projects. I love the film industry. It keeps you young; it really does. — Kellan Lutz

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others. — Kristen Wiig

If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do. — Quentin Tarantino

The best I can do is to make a film every two years. — Martin Scorsese

I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection. — Jenny Slate

I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim. — Alfred Hitchcock

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list. — Robbie Robertson

When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn't know what a documentary film was. — Tony Kaye

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it. — Gemma Arterton

I got a lot of film companies approaching me to write some songs for their films. — Juicy J

I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle. — William Friedkin

Isn't Halle Berry the most beautiful woman? I have a film I'd like to be in her with. I mean, I'd like to be with her in — Ewan McGregor

I would rather be told an R-rated truth than a G-rated lie. — Ken Gire

I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom. — Agnes Varda

I always wanted to direct movies. That's what I set out to do. When I was a little kid I just dreamed of making movies, and I went to film school. — Zach Braff

I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me. — Lars Von Trier

In writing scripts now, having made a film, I'm much more conscious of what it means to shoot and edit a movie, and that affects the writing. — Josh Radnor

I was a sports fan long before I had any interest in film-making. — Asif Kapadia

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap. — Jim Coleman

I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium. — James Corden

I brought the film like a flower to the world. — Claude Chabrol

I feel like I've never been in a film that people have liked before. — Heath Ledger

I come from a background of independent films. — Mia Wasikowska

I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos. — Vincent Schiavelli

I'd love to continue my career in Hollywood - I'd love to do another action film, or a romantic comedy, or horror. I love horror films. — Rain

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology. — George Lucas

I keep every script from every film that I ever made because it's like a workbook of that time in my life. — Marguerite Moreau

It's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film. — Luke Treadaway

Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books. — Rupert Grint

If I was ever gonna remake a Peckinpah film, it would be 'Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia.' That's my favorite Peckinpah film. — Joe Carnahan

You know what I hate, man? Guys that you know haven't seen the film: they just quote a bunch of statistical bullshit. — Jon Gruden

When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant. — Mike Lookinland

That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage. — Reese Witherspoon

Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor. — Clint Walker

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring. — Kathryn Bigelow

I'm a big comedy fan, and a fan of films. — Dan Scanlon

I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry. — Melanie Lynskey

There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home. — Mia Wasikowska

I think it's so strange that certain people think they know you because you've been in a film. It's very flattering, but it's also very scary. — Jaye Davidson

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style. — Alain Resnais

I hope I don't become just an animation [with a digital film]. — Keanu Reeves

I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest. — Eric Roberts

Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer. — Alain Resnais

I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end. — Claire Denis

Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself. — Donnie Yen

I got exposed to art-house cinema and foreign films. I was from L.A., so it was a film culture that I didn't know about. — Lisa Cholodenko

I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play. But I do love British film as well. — Laura Carmichael

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking. — Stanley Tucci

I 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 Harrison

I find 'Chainsaw' to be a very relaxing film. — Lena Headey

I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes. — Claude Lelouch

I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death. — Abbas Kiarostami

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. — Alexander Payne

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon. — Jenifer Lewis

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. — Ava DuVernay

I want my film to be possible to use as a reference when we are trying to live our lives. — Ruben Ostlund

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that. — Mel Brooks

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing. — Jack Whitehall

I've always wanted, basically, to do research in the form of a spectacle. — Jean-Luc Godard

I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade unprecedented in the history of cinema. — Werner Herzog

I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer. — Tyra Banks

I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually ... things get quite formulaic. — Hugo Weaving

I regard remaking a film as creating something again. — Bong Joon-ho

Recently, I've been loving Monster Hunter! A film conversion is currently in planning. — Paul W. S. Anderson

I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set. — Hugh Jackman

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film. — Freddie Mercury

I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films. — Alfred Hitchcock

If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film. — Terry Zwigoff

I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can. — Gary Oldman

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film. — Orlando Bloom

I believe the film paradoxically generates a visceral, almost tactile 'live' experience. — Anonymous

'Brookline' was a very small film and it was only here for a very short time and I wasn't able to catch it. — Bun B.

As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film. — Alessandro Nivola

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore. — Ty Burrell

I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script. — Dougray Scott

'Twilight' is a phenomenon. And I'm so happy it's all captured on film. It's going to be something I'll always look back on, for sure. — Ashley Greene

I think 'Slumdog' was probably the first big film that happened in India, but even that seemed like a one-off thing. — Tena Desae