Quotes About Film

I really want to get into feature films.

I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I want to be when I grow up. I want to make films.

In many ways, shooting my first feature was more difficult than I had thought it would be, but it was still the most rewarding experience I have ever had.

I wrote 'Paava Kadhaigal' the same way I wrote my feature films 'Irudhi Sutru' or 'Soorarai Potru.' I was more honest in this film rather, because you can afford to be real and get away with it.

The truth of the matter is that it's not much less work to do a short than it is to do a feature. Particularly when you're running around different countries.

'Saw' really came from that want, the aspiration to make a feature film on our own.

Let's put it this way: if I were to direct a feature film, I would not be in it.

I did manage to secure a feature film for 2005, though, which I'm really chuffed about.

My first experience on a feature film was with Shane Meadows on 'This Is England.'

I've not had any interest in running a movie studio, but I want to make one feature film.

For my first feature film, I just wanted to write something that people can relate to, something that was real. I really wanted it to hit home with people.

I think it would be lovely to see some features on a disc of 'The Rocketeer,' with some reminiscing. I think that would be dynamite.

I feel good cinema, be it big or small, with small actor or big actor, it always works.

I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.

My dad read 'The Danish Girl' and fell in love with it. He told me, 'You need to do this film.'

I fell in love with film and its potential. The idea of putting one image next to another image and creating meaning blew my mind.

I think they should make it a felony to criticise a film product. Particularly my film product. It's anti-American.

I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.

Often, female characters are quite one dimensional, especially in a two hour film; television gives characters room to breathe and develop.

Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.

I discovered the idea of feminism when I watched the film '10 Things I Hate About You.' It's a classic.

Yugant' is not a feminist film at all. It shows how the disintegration of the marital relationship is part of a greater disintegration all around of us of ecology and values.

I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.

SXSW can feel very male, very straight, and very white, and though it's a great festival, when you have a film that's different, it's hard to find your place.