Quotes About Film

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

Well, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time. I looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.

[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we're not going to talk about that.

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

In the United States there's not a lot of people interested in foreign language films. Every time, it's more difficult for foreign language films to survive here.

People outside the documentary world don't realize how time-consuming making a documentary film is there is a lot of responsibility, and in order to make something good you need time.

When you get into a film, it is one story and one set development of a character, and you are able to delve into one character for a short period of time and discover everything about them.

In a general sense, to convert any short story, novel, play, or opera into a movie, you have to re-rig it. Even though they're all narratives over time, they're very different forms.

Any time a new horror film comes out that looks appealing, I'm always excited to go see it.

My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.

I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.

Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you know you're in a massive film. I was terrified for quite a long time.

I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old; I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.

In film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester and the good-time Charlie on the set.

I think honestly, believe it or not, that Dude, Where's My Car? in a way represents its time better than almost any film made around that.

I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

Probably though, by the time I was 17, I already knew that I was probably going to go into film

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.

'Brookline' was a very small film and it was only here for a very short time and I wasn't able to catch it.

Most of the time I've worked with directors who write their own scripts. The story is more important to me than the part. The project of the film has always been more important to me.