Quotes About Film

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

Jude Law is in so many movies, that I went to one, and when I walked out they were showing another on the back wall.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun.

Those like Brasini and those who are not like Brasini. Those who would take your face in their hands and kiss you like in the films and those who would never in ten million years take your face in their hands and kiss you like in the films. ...You are definitely a Brasini, sir. ...the Brasini theory,....

I never enjoyed working in a film.

I thought I had one of your father, but it didn't develop." Tremaine nodded ruefully. "It's the silver nitrate in the film stock. He doesn't show up on it." Giaren stared at her blankly. "That was a joke," she added belatedly. "Oh." He sounded relieved.

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.

Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

If you're looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.

I had a fascination with 3D that goes back to the View-Master. I'd always dreamed of making a film in 3D. It's like a combination of theatre and film. There's something 3D gives to a movie that takes you to another land. Working with RealD creatively was a liberating experience. Thank you RealD for allowing us to make something like Hugo .

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.

I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching.

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.

Mi mente reaccionaba igual que una película fotosensible a la emoción donde el amor y la muerte podían imprimirse en el mismo segundo.

Curiosity and passion are the enemies of anxiety. Even when I fell into anxiety, if I get curious enough about something outside of me it can help pull me out. Music, art, film, nature, conversation, words. Find passion as large as your fear. The way out of your mind is via the world.

and could occasionally be arrogant in his opinions on art and film and music, but there was nothing overtly wrong with him. Well – now that she thought about it – he'd never been supportive of her music career

I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is.

I hooked up with director Jacques Audiard for this film called 'Rust &amp Bone' with Marion Cotillard. I loved that experience so much I'm truly sad that it's over!

But let's get back to Melvin Kaminsky.

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.