Quotes About Film

'180' is a romantic film, but I don't think it can be classified as a fluffy love story. It is a wonderful story with a script that is layered and more complex than the normal ones.

Working on movies made me realize how fluid the medium of film was.

You can't compare David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' to the older version.

I want to do feature films. I am flying to Malaysia to be in another feature film. We will be filming that in Malaysia, the Phillipines, and back in California.

I just ended up focusing on film editing as I was getting my career started. I'm very passionate about editing and will continue to edit for the rest of my career, but it's not like that was all I did and then somehow I grew into directing a movie.

My dream that I followed and that I'm living now is that I actually always wanted to go to music college, play in a band, do a world tour, and then eventually get into film music.

I see a lot of actor-bashing because they are the face of the film. Actors are just following someone else's direction.

I don't think there is really a favorite, I'm very fond of film making as a whole and as a medium and of course, there are some that I've enjoyed making more than others but I've enjoyed making all of them.

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

I am fond of my writing in the film 'Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam,' one of the first films to feature a mainstream actor like Vijayashanti speaking in Karimnagar-slang.

I'm really fond of P. C. Sreeram, and we got along quite well on the sets of 'Ishq.'

I started in theatre, in Liverpool, which is where I'm from, and which I love as a city. I acted at the Liverpool Playhouse, and I have very fond memories of it, but although I love the theatre I'm in love with film.

Polanski is a great film director - although the much-acclaimed 'Chinatown' has a muddled script - but his true talent is to make fools of his friends.

When people come to me with an idea and they say, 'We can do it found footage or traditional,' I always say to do it traditionally.

I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, 'Bend it Like Beckham,' for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council.

The economy of film forces you to make choices.

To be running away from explosions with Harrison Ford, you know, that's pretty great.

Young Harrison Ford, what a dreamboat.

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

I don't think I've ever done a real mini-series, but I love doing film first and foremost.

The first and foremost criterion for me when selecting a film is the character I am playing, and then the director.

I could talk about Blade Runner forever.

I would do a film, make the money, then take off for six months to Europe, India or Russia. My agent told me that I had to stay in town if I ever wanted to build a career, because everyone forgets about you.