Quotes About Film

I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.

Everybody's saying we've got to go 3D or virtual reality or choose your own adventure. But there are other ways forward. I don't think we're done with film by a long shot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

In the theater, you act more of the time. In the movies, you get to act maybe 20 or 30 minutes of the day. I love acting in movies. It's just different.

No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.

I know the best moments can never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly half my life trying to do just that.

Yeah, romantic comedies are the hardest movies to make. Maybe one works a year.

Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.

I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.

There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better.

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

Am I a romantic? I've seen "Wuthering Heights" ten times. I'm a romantic.

Film is one if three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.

There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect.

I like films where the music and the sound design, at times, are almost indistinguishable.

I have to give credit to Giorgio Moroder ; among the first to make us realize the importance of music in film.

I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it's the music that has that effect on you in this film.

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar.

Film noir has a mood that everyone can feel. It's people in trouble, at night, with a little bit of wind and the right kind of music. It's a beautiful thing.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.