It Film Quotes

There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't. — Paul Newman

I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does. — Eva Mendes

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it. — Dirk Benedict

'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

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

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 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

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award. — Sally Kellerman

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

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

If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience. — Gaspard Ulliel

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'm like most people. We just concentrate on the present. I live right where the film is going through the film projector and it hits the light. — Pharrell Williams

When you do a film as unique and original as 'Napoleon Dynamite,' it's hard then try to repeat what audiences loved the first time. — Mike Scully

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

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen. — Avi Lewis

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

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

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

It's a big responsibility to be the main part of a film because if you don't like me, you have a problem for two-and-a-half hours. — Carice Van Houten

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

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It's their culture. — Jet Li

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

You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it. — Stanley Kubrick

A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement. — Ben Katchor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I've tried to tell the truth. But I would say that, wouldn't I? In any case it has to be my truth. What other truth could I possibly know? — Tony Garnett

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

Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much. — Patricia Riggen

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen. — Minor White

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that. — John Cusack

The calibre of TV's changing. It's becoming much more epic. To rival film, definitely. — Emilia Clarke

Shooting film is not for everybody, but if you're crazy enough it might be for you. — David Burnett

My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told. — Aaron Paul

Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake. — Ang Lee

It's judgement day. I'm nervous. My films are finally being released! — Sienna Miller

It's especially gratifying to have done a film like 'Eight Men Out' because it's hard not to have fun when there are so many bats and balls around. — D. B. Sweeney

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

'The Road' was my first American film, my first film in the snow. The first of everything. So, I was jumping into it, and that was pretty grueling. — Kodi Smit-McPhee

Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film. — O'Shea Jackson Jr.

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

I actually went to film school, but I didn't like it. I'm basically self-taught. — Judah Friedlander

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

It's certainly difficult to balance marketing a film and putting it out there to everybody with wanting to keep it fresh for the audience. — Christopher Nolan

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

Flash turns up the optical volume so that whatever lies behind the lens - be it film or a digital sensor - is a little more receptive. — David Hewson

If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country. — Baltasar Kormakur

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 did very much enjoy being part of an independent film. It was just the energy. — Kylie Minogue

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. — June Allyson

Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something that I appreciate and really like. — St. Vincent

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

If you're playing around with a film, you're just playing around with it. But if it has to go into theaters, you get yourself into gear and finish it. — William Monahan

Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to. — Rebecca Eaton

After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy. — Denis Johnson

People are very reluctant to invest unless they know it's going to be a sure thing, and let's face it: film is never a sure thing. — Julianne Moore

When 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 Huppert

You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there. — Janet McTeer

Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich. — Tom Hooper

That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie. — Jeff Bridges

It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set. — Mia Wasikowska

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success. — Claude Lelouch

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now? — David Mamet

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

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money. — Gena Rowlands

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 love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it. — Dee Rees

'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.

Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it. — Joseph Kosinski

It 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

I love film, very, very much, and I always want to go back to it. — Maggie Q

Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious. — Mara Wilson