Quotes About Film

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

I think a good director is a good listener.

I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.

You would think, in an ideal world, that if you were in a really good film and did a really good job, whether it was a big film or not, you would get hired a lot; but that is not my experience.

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.

There is lots of pressure to make a GOOD film. And not just a GOOD film but one that will somehow stand out in the sea of GOOD films.

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.

I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then.

Filming a pirate film is always good fun, with ships and indecent clothing.

Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial.

There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there.

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.

I always believe you can't kill good movies, because somebody's in some room and will die unless it gets made.

Steven Spielberg is going to release a biopic about Abraham Lincoln next year. Right, that's a good way to honor Lincoln – by sending people to the theater.

Me and music are not good friends, so I do my best to augment the music part [of my films] and come up with something worth watching.

Good films demand to be looked at several times in order to be observed completely.

I don't think good films have messages.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.