Quotes About Cinema

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I had seen 'Do the Right Thing' when I was at college, and it was incredibly inspiring as a piece of cinema. Just brilliant, I thought. But saw 'Malcolm X' with a crowded audience. It was my first time in an American cinema, hearing an audience respond. You know, in England, everyone is so restrained.

The secret of success in cinema lies in not just being talented but showcasing your talent to the audience. And, that happens only when you get the right films and directors.

I loved the movie theater, so I always saw a lot of movies.

I can go to a movie theater and sit there all day. I love movies. They intrigue my brain and they relax me. I am a movie buff.

The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

I think the experience of going to a theater and seeing a movie with a lot of people is still part of the transformational power of the film, and it's equivalent to the old shaman telling a story by the campfire to a bunch of people.

I've always loved film more than theater.

A lot of people, especially Japanese, come to the theater to have a good cry.

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to live in the Hollywood Hills, behind Grauman's Theater, and I'd always hit the matinees.

I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater.

Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny.

We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.

I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.

I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.

Dramas for me are where it's at, but a great drama, a great character-driven drama, there's very few of them that get made; there's very few of them that actually make it to theaters. There's just very few of them.

I am someone who goes and sees movies in theaters, but I also watch Netflix.

Cinema will not go anywhere. We want to watch movies in theaters. Cinema and digital will coexist.

I think it's a fair criticism to say that we've gotten our fill of superhero films, and audiences should just have different things to choose from when they go to the theaters.

Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that.