Quotes About Cinema

It's really hard to find good movies, and that's pretty much what I try to find, good movies.

When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure.

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

All of the good movies are based on how that story was told. And you cannot do it with a bad script, that's for sure, no matter who.

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.

A good movie with bad music can kill a great dramatic scene.

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

I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I look up to.

I don't think a lot of really good films get seen.

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

I think that I prefer to shoot characters even if they are not good people. I don't think that cinema is a place where you can do sentences like in a court.

Whatever I do, I like making good movies because I like to watch good movies. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

Hollywood is, I always argue, has a great track record of making good films.

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

I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually, when they have a very, very, very good film and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter.

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

It doesn't matter if it's black-and-white. If a movie has a story that is filled with emotion, you can have as much pleasure, and it's very good for cinema.

To find a good story, you're generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn't mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.

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.

A lot of films in Canada are subsidized by the government, and compared to a studio, the government really stays out of your face creatively.

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

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

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