Quotes About Films

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I love films that test cynicism and inspire you to do better in your dealings with your family and with strangers.

In New York City there are interesting characters and there are interesting stories. There's a story on every street corner. I love it. I think that's what really attracts me to making films.

Everyone has the attitude that movies aren't just disposable entertainment - they can really mean something. I love that, because that's the way I feel about films.

I love when scenes are intentionally and meticulously planned so we feel like this is a handcrafted scene that only works in this moment and this movie, and that's the way I approach my films.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

I'm so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it's acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects.

I'm a huge fan of 1930s horror - Universal films. I grew up with them and I just absolutely love them.

It's one of the things I love about making films: the places I've got to travel that I would never have gone to before.

I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

I'm really, really blessed. Not only am I blessed to have found that I love making films, but I'm also insanely blessed to be able to do it. I have to remind myself that when I'm complaining.

Communists love to make films about composers, because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.

People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all.

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now I'm not going to say what they were.

Those people who live in an Independent nation should know how important it is to support independence not only in the government but also in arts, literature, films, newspapers, and business. Innovation, growth, and self-motivation comes from independent artists, journalists, authors, and inventors; not from the Big What which has held 90% of the market since the 1900s. Encourage innovation by supporting the Indies. That's where new opportunities are found!

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

I like to believe that intimate moments between characters don't need to be relegated to independent films.

A favorite film? The first 'Ice Age' and the first 'Despicable Me.' They're the films that have introduced me to characters that I still feel extremely bonded with.

Mahesh Bhatt introduced me to the world of films.

My initial introduction to him was - this is a funny story... My Aunt Marian, my entire life growing up, told me that I looked like Charlie Chaplin. That didn't really resonate with me when I was younger - I hadn't seen a lot of his films.

I had a very late introduction to films. We didn't watch a lot of films while growing up in Kolkata.

My mother has been in films for 50 years. She is very insightful. She has been invaluable to me in choosing films and other routine things.

Hollywood has done some of these films, and some of them are ginormous biblical movies, but you can tell the people making these are not invested in the truth of what those stories are biblically. It shows in the work.