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The situation in the film is like me going out to Venice Beach and talking to a homeless guy on the boardwalk, and 13 years later he's the president. — John Cusack

I was keen to direct an action film, and when Reliance approached me for the remake of 'Singham,' I saw an opportunity to return to my first love. — Rohit Shetty

Sometimes you film in your hometown, sometimes you go halfway across the world. — Jodelle Ferland

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

So, I need to reacquaint myself with this sort of celebrity person I seem to be. Someone who was in an iconic, blockbuster film called Star Wars. — Carrie Fisher

'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out. — Kimberly Elise

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

I do think that the emotional weight of 'Biutiful' has blinded some viewers to the beauty and complexity of the film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good. — John Waters

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

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow. — Hugh Grant

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

I always loved experimenting in film. — Isabella Rossellini

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

You never know when the publicity people will feel it is a good time to release the film. — Colm Meaney

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

My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films. — Eric Stoltz

I hope to build not the largest film and media studio in the world, but perhaps one of the coolest and also the most inclusive. — Rony Abovitz

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand. — Gary Oldman

I never thought I'd make any money at all doing this business. Film was never even on the cards. — Rosamund Pike

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't feel frightened; I feel challenged. — Jennifer Lopez

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself! — Bum Phillips

Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes. — Tom Ford

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

There are many vampires in the world today ... you only have to think of the film business. — Christopher Lee

You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry. — Kabir Bedi

I'm telling the same story in every film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

With a film, you have to pare down and take stuff out and squish it all down into a 110 page script. — Melissa Rosenberg

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

Storytelling, mythology and film provide a lot of hope but, on the flip side, can also create delusion. — Aml Ameen

The goal is to divide my time between stage and film. — Patricia Birch

I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films. — Stanley Kubrick

I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas. — Siobhan Fahey

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film. — Kodi Smit-McPhee

There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film. — Harrison Ford

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've made some great movies. 'Risky Business' still stands up. It's timeless. They study that film in film school. — Rebecca De Mornay

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic. — Robert Rodriguez

A day on a film set is maddening. — Maggie Siff

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

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

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

One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well. — Derek Theler

Television is face acting, and film is eye acting. — Dominic Monaghan

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 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 love that I'm rarely recognized. I like it because I know I can look different from film to film. — Campbell Scott

I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them. — Angelina Jolie

'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film. — Michael Fassbender

Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough. — Johnny Depp

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

I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest. — Imogen Poots

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

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 think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously. — Emma Donoghue

When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money. — Rafe Spall

After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations. — Christian Bale

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

Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get. — John Hurt

Nooooooo ... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid! — Sylvia Sidney

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film. — Laura Dern

It is more difficult to manipulate with film than, for instance, video. The problem with video is that it gives you a thousand possibilities. — Lars Von Trier

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

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

David Cronenberg's mainstream Crash comes out of absolutely nowhere to win something called Best Alternative Adult Feature Film. — David Foster Wallace

Simplicity is the strength of the film. It is an emotion-packed film with simple things knitted together beautifully. — Lara Dutta

There's a different film being made in every mind. And of course, the star of the film is the mind, the personality, the self. — Frederick Lenz

Nobody sets out to make a bad film. — Famke Janssen

There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph, or a painting. — Sara Sheridan

The Australian film industry has recognised Tropfest as a place to nurture young talent. It's a stepping stone between amateur and professional. — John Polson

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

Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle. — Danny Boyle

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles. — Jon Hamm

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes. — Dinah Sheridan

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. — Peter Gabriel

My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film. — Ian McKellen

I wish I would have had more to do in the film. I hated to get killed so soon. — Bruce Bennett

Happiness is individualized. Don't box it in. Let it fly. — A.D. Posey

If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.' — Orson Welles

Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work. — Delta Burke

There's a lot that you can do in television that you can't do with a film, theoretically. At the time, the only possibility was to do a movie. — Mitchell Hurwitz

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me. — Leslie Caron

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film. — Lisa Nicole Carson

Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael. — Cynthia Payne

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

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

Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge. — Werner Herzog

So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again. — Alice Lowe

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

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

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

As far as I'm concerned, the coolest word in film is 'cult.' — Troy Duffy

If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it. — Werner Herzog

The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?" — Jay Duplass

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. — Terry Southern

If you respect the events and respect the real life tragedy, you can drive your film to address it in some mature way. — James Mangold

It'd be interesting to see a film from an alien perspective. Maybe we're the weird ones. — Lizzie Brochere

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