Quotes About Cinema

Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. But we had a rule: An actor from Fassbinder could never work with an actor of Werner Herzog or Wim Wenders. Because if we would have done that, we would have been spies. 'Ah, you worked with Werner - how was it? How did he direct you?' I was Fassbinder's actor.

I like movies made by Spike Lee - doing those films out of the U.S., that is really daring.

That film 'Memento' creeped me out. I was looking over my back through the whole thing. I get more creeped out than scared and spill popcorn all over the place.

I want all of my films to be grounded in reality, and I think 'Midnight Special' is the most grounded film I've ever made, in spite of its genre.

Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film.

When I was young, I went with my mum to see some really random independent films, which really spoke to me: 'My Beautiful Laundrette,' 'Secrets and Lies'... It wasn't all arthouse, though!

I have done many films and spoke different languages.

For people to understand, you can't speak 'cinema.' Cinema doesn't have alphabets, so you have to go to the local language. Even in England, if they make a movie in London they have to make it in the Cockney accent, they can't make a film with the English spoken in the BBC. So cinema has to be realistic to the area that it is set in.

He searched his mind for something he could do for her to match her generosity in some small measure. "Like to go to the pictures tonight?" he said. "I see there's Cary Grant on at the Regal." Four days later he left Poole on the flying boat for Rangoon.

Her ideas about reporters had been moulded by the cinema; it was a surprise to her to find that in real life they could be kind and helpful people with good manners.

I was a complete anomaly in this business. I didn't fit into the Hema Malini-Zeenat Aman commercial cinema mould, neither the Shabana Azmi-Smita Patil art cinema mould.

I'm me, I live from film to mouth.

I think, culturally, stories are important, whether it be cinema, whether it be by word of mouth - which I don't even know if we do anymore, as it all seems to be social media.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

I have 7,000 DVDs and Blu-rays. I have thousands of books - thousands - and roughly 15,000 comic books or something like that, hundreds of books about different art movements - the symbolists, the dadaists, the Pre-Raphaelites, the impressionists - you know, that I consult before I start every movie.

I like movies a lot, and I feel really excited when I see a movie that moves me the right way.

Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie is when I feel close to my culture.

If you have Julia Roberts in a movie you're never really afraid for her because you know she's not going to die.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers.

Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

I think the greatest giant insect movie ever made is 'Them!'

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.

I don't have a 'favorite' movie.