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My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this. — Kim Cattrall

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

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

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

The audience is making the film and not the film-maker. — Woody Allen

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

How do you create a film that can reach millions of people and engage them in the subject? You have to take risks and try something new. — Sam Branson

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

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

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

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

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

The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after. — Salman Khan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers. — David Fincher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I worked as hard to write the worst film of the year as I did to write the best film of the year. — Brian Helgeland

I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera. — Helmut Newton

'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

That's the illusion of stillness. There is no secret. Only the implication of one by its possesor. — David Gilmour

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

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'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

In a film, you always try to have your main character be changed by the end. — Frederic Tcheng

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

Dear God, you created us in your likeness, our hearts are uneasy until they find you - From the film Sophie Scholl — Sophie Scholl

Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist. — Dwight Yoakam

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

I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character. — Om Puri

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

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

Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself. — John Logan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The main jokes in this film are about big things, love and life and zombies - we all get that. — Simon Pegg

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

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

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

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 film, you are a totally different person than in the video. — Aaliyah

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

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

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

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