Quotes About Film

Women should not only be doing action on-screen but should be a part of every other aspect of filmmaking.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

Penning 'Omerta' was one of the best experiences. I was amazed at how Hansal Mehta and Rajkummar Rao manifested it on-screen.

Once I had seen 'Journey to Italy,' I knew that, even if I were never to make movies, I could make them.

I try to see my films just once. it's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it.

I'd love to make a horror movie, that's definitely where I want to be one day.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

I hope one day that I'll get to make another horror film; I'd love to.

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

It's on the bucket list for sure to do a comedy film, even if it was just one line on the lot.

One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.

One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.

That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?

The truth of the matter is, every film is imperfect. It's the nature of the beast. One of the things that people ask me all the time is, what's the difference between theater and film, and one of the biggest differences is, in the theater you always get another go.

I once gave a talk at a girls' school and, once I'd finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be film directors. I think that's where we need to get girls interested in making films. We need to give them the idea that they can, that it's one of the things on their horizon.

I shoot a lot of film - that's one of the things I try to do, and it's one of the things I learned how to do with Robert De Niro on 'Men of Honor.'

One of the things that we've tried to do with the 'Guardians' films is to allow the women to be full characters.

The desire to avoid meltdowns actually is one of the things that screws up live-action films.

There was one time I flagged every 'Brokeback Mountain' review on Netflix that was negative. I was, like, 'not helpful,' and I spent, like, an hour doing it, and I wrote a really serious review about it. It's hard for me not to get really sensitive. I don't brush things off like that very easily.

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

As a basketball player, you want to play. There's only so much stuff I can go over doing one-on-one drills in practice and watching the team and watching film.

Violence in film and television is an ongoing conversation, and I like eavesdropping on it, but I'm never sure what my opinion is. I like watching creative violence, but I don't know.