Quotes About Film

There's something that people misunderstand about screen quotas. It's not about rejecting or hating other countries' films, but about protecting our domestic film industry.

On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.

When people don't like the film, I can take a bullet. I don't mind you talking about me, but I'm protective of my actors, because they bared their soul for me.

Every film is like a baby for me; it's like my own child. I feel protective and aggressive each time my film hit theatres.

To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.

I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'

Both Naga Chaitanya and Akhil are in the movies. They both insisted on being launched outside the home banner .They were very clear that they didn't want a home launch.My husband and I are very proud of them.

I'm proud of 'Deliverance' because it was a very dangerous film to make, and they all said it couldn't be done, and we did it. And Jon Voight and I are now like brothers.

'Never Die Alone' is primarily a riveting genre film that neatly exhibits the director's growing assurance - Donald Goines would be proud.

Two decades later, Gary Jules sang 'Mad World' for the film 'Donnie Darko' and got the Christmas No 1 in 2003. That was probably the proudest moment of my career.

How were we to know 'Highway' would be such a success? It is one of my proudest achievements.

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

Since Dhanush is the protagonist of my first film, he proved to be my lucky charm.

It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s.

If you look at my career, I have already proved that after a big action film like 'Chatrapati,' I could do a cool film like 'Darling.'

My mother sang very well. She proved this in her film 'High Society.'

There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there.

The director Vetri Raman proves, yet again, why Tamil film industry is a forward-thinking industry in the country today, producing gems year after year.

I am lucky to be a film director. I can create, express. It proves that I am still alive and the Khmer Rouge did not succeed in destroying me.

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

Film festivals are important, as they often provide an opportunity to look at a film from a fresh perspective.

There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?

Ethiopia is engraved on my heart. I first went in 1973 because I heard of a terrible famine. They were denying it even as we got the film out. The coverage destroyed the emperor's credibility.

I do hope that 'Interstellar' and this kind of science in film will catch the public fancy and help to reignite an interest in science - and a respect for the power of science in dealing with the problems that society has to deal with.