Top 1200 Film Business Quotes & Sayings - Page 19
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Last updated on December 19, 2024.
I think I'm a pretty cliché actor in that I hate watching myself on film. I don't know why it should be humbling to see yourself on film.
It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.
Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.
Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.
I brought my sons into the business to extend my working life, so I could keep my hand in the business.
'Tangerine' being my fifth film, I was out of favors. I couldn't afford to get the Arri Alexa or RED cameras and I definitely couldn't shoot on film.
I'm not in the business of satisfying everybody. I'm in the business of trying to satisfy the people who elected me governor.
Music is definitely cheaper and more immediate. But part of the draw of film to me is the multidisciplinary aspect. I always enjoyed film writing.
For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'
Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
I am a woman and my business is to hold things together. My business is to tear them apart.
After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
I think that every film should have its own structure, and that's the beauty of film language - is that we get to express that deeply individualistic side of ourselves.
Some of the smallest things on a smaller film, to me, are greater achievements than on a big film when you have the resources and the time and everything else.
We have a series of regular meetings with South African business. Big business. Black business. Agriculture. As well, of course, with the trade unions. A whole series of meetings like that which engage issues that these South African social partners need to address.
If you don't like a film or do a film out of obligation in a comfortable zone, it would be very painful, but when you do something with passion, interest, and belief in it, it excites you.
I did a film called 'Nightfall,' based on Isaac Asimov life, which was directed by an American director. However it was a short film.
A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.
I have been a business builder all of my life and I am thrilled to bring my enthusiasm for business to Kynetic.
The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.
What better way to foray into production than with 'Khaidi No 150.' The film is truly close to my heart because it is my father's 150th film.
Build your own business team. Survival in business requires a synergy of skills.
We can't continue to put people lacking the ability to understand a business in a position to run a business.
What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
I think it would be really fun to film a drama in a foreign country. If the opportunity presents itself, I want to film a Chinese production.
Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government.
Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.
No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old.
In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.
In the 10 years that I've been a professional filmmaker, the film part of the film industry is really disappearing, right in front of our eyes.
('Eraserhead') may seem like a dark film, but my father and I watch it, and all we do is laugh. It was Disneyland everyday on the set. That's when I fell in love with film.
Live theatre provides a rush you can't get in film or television. But it is the TV and film work that offers the leisure to go off and do a play.
'Avunu' is a thriller, suspense film set within a small family with a good mix of scary and funny moments, but not a horror film.
I started with Tamil film, then Hindi. Now, I am also doing a Telugu film. The journey has been wonderful so far.
The Hindi film that I recommend is 'Ijaazat.' It is my most favourite film; it is a poetry in itself, and Gulzar Sahab is somebody I am a huge fan of.
Digitization has altered the nature of the film industry. Social media, especially, has become a decisive factor in determining a film's box office success.
If this film has come out so well, the credit goes to Trivikram garu. This one is a 100 percent director's film. He is the real hero of 'A Aa.'
I'm like most people. We just concentrate on the present. I live right where the film is going through the film projector and it hits the light.
I am happy film stars are singing in their films. I hope to work as a music director for a film where actors will sing all the songs.
In film, movies' schedules are based on three things: actors' availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place you're going to film in.
My favorite film score is the one Thomas Bangalter created for 'Irreversible.' The soundtrack absolutely defines the daymare-into-nightmare feeling you get from the film.
We're probably one of the few Internet dot-com B2Bs business-to-business companies that have improved their bottom line.
In any business that grows big on one business model, transitions can throw everything in the air.
One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic.
I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself.
I'm accused constantly of having 'no signature.' That's the big artistic demerit. You can't tell a Wyler film from another man's film just by looking at it.
I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance.
As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such.
I still shoot film. I like what film does, how it renders things, Also, when I'm shooting from the air, I want to have as large a negative as I can.
When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film.
Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
When film director T.K. Rajeevkumar cast me in the role of the iconic Rathi in the new edition of 'Rathinirvedam,' I had no idea it was such a cult film.
I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies.
It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business.
We expect to be a prime in the fighter jet business for the long run. This is not a business we're getting out of at all.
The difference between film and theater is that in film, an actor is sort of under a magnifying glass and everything that they do, just the smallest movement, is very detectible.
Every time I make a film, I try to do it slightly different. If you're not 100% engaged and interested, then it's not gonna translate into a successful film.
Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you.
