Quotes About Film

For me, 'Mary Magdalene' is the most beautiful film I've shot with the performances and the script and the actors and ensemble. But not one saw it.

The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.

To me, the most important thing is the script. I would never make a movie that I didn't write. I wouldn't know how to.

Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries.

My favorite film is 'The Shining,' mostly because it was the film that inspired me to become a filmmaker myself.

I loved Jackie Chan growing up, watching mostly his Hong Kong film work.

There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.

When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.

The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen.

I never considered going into motion pictures.

Chaplin was the greatest thing ever to hit motion pictures.

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.

There's nothing self-serving about what motivated me to bring 'Schindler's List' to the screen.

With every film, my confidence gets boosted; I feel motivated.

I remember in Indonesia, there was this actor in a film that got pretty big internationally, and he went to Hollywood. Seeing an Indonesian guy doing that when I was 13 or 14, it really motivated me.

My favorite films left the camera rest, and the actors and characters have a stage to act. Move the camera when it's motivating.

I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold.

Any good film you see gives you enough motivation and adrenaline rush to produce good content, while a bad film can get you so angry that you produce even better content.

For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main motive to make a film is to keep the society in mind and the hospitality adhered.

When you are doing a film for money or to help a friend out, be clear about the motives and then finish what needs to be done.

People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'

When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.

When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies.

There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.