Quotes About Film

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.

A trap screenwriters can fall into is making scripts that are good reads, which doesn't necessarily mean it will make a good film.

Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response.

I think people direct good films when they feel personal to them, not because it's a famous book or something. It has to something move over that and somehow become personal to the director.

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.

My good friend Josh Bibby happens to be a pro skier and has used my music in 2 international ski films.

Never done an explosion, but I have had explosive diarrhea, and that was very, very real. Good thing I have my trailer.

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.

Even films without music are inspiring, as I think a good story is full of changes, different paces, and ideas.

Film is an editor's medium. You can create very good raw material and they can make it horrible, or you can do not so well and they can make it beautiful. You don't really know.

I don't know if you have a child, but what the Chinese government want people to see is like you would want a child to see. Because every film shown in China is one that a child could see.

In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry.

Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!

License to Kill' is not one of the great Bond movies.