Quotes About Film

People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at.

Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.

That's when you know a horror film delivers - when you're walking out of the theater going 'Oh my God!' You can't get the images out of your mind.

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.

Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else.

The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.

With every movie, we will spend a season of prayer just asking God what's on his heart, and we spent about a year, two years, in prayer, trying to figure out the direction for the next film.

You can always make a good film but for it to be successful, you need God's blessing.

As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my god, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'

May God have mercy on your soul! from Annabelle, as far as now the film reminds for Chucky.

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.

I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.

Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece

In comics, the writer is also the director in a certain way. So if this were a film, you wouldn't tell the cinematographer to make a good fight scene while you go and get a cup of coffee.

Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors.

To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride.

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.