Top 1200 Great Film Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.

It feels great that with the film choices I have been making have been quite radical and different. I am glad they are commercially working.

I approach every film I do in the same way, whether it's an action film or not an action film. I guess if a certain physicality lends itself to action, but I started acting before I reached puberty. I was 7 years old when I started acting. It wasn't until I became a bouncer in New York.

I'm a big fan of the 70's action films. Where there is a lot of character and a lot of great action, but the action is kind of cemented with a great back-story with characters. And I thought, this kind of reminded me of the movies that, early on when I was telling Dwayne (Johnson) and the guys, the producer... my whole thing is if you look at a movie like The Driver by Walter Hill, it's a film where there's no names. They are just named, "the driver", "the cop".

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.

With independent film, simply because they don't have the money to make a big-budget film, they're forced to make a story that's important to them, that they would like to see on film, a personal story that people can relate to, about people, where you can see the love of the characters.

Priyanka Chopra has produced a Marathi film. Even John Abraham announced he wants to make a Marathi film. Suddenly everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Shah Rukh, Rohit Shetty also want to do a Marathi film. There is an awareness. But I hope they don't come and spoil the market by making their kind of cinema.

I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'.

I have always believed that the choice of your second film is as important as you first film.

'Paruthiveeran' was a difficult film to work on. It was my first film but a very strong character.

When I was younger, I definitely thought musical theater was sort of more pure than film. I used to say I'd never go to film because we had to get it right the first time in musical theater. But then, of course, I started doing film and realized I loved it. Keep in mind that I was 8 years old when I said that.

A film maker's energy and creativity don't have to end when he turns over his film.

There is certainly no formula of making a successful film, but there are means to make a sensible film.

I was drawn to photography as an extension of film, and the beauty of film is that it's a sensuous, fetishistic medium.

No matter how great the script, the actual film will only be a distant relative of it - it will never be an identical twin.

I want people to think that if I'm in a film, then that film definitely has good content.

I like all kinds of films; 'Bommarillu' is a favourite film. But I can't make that kind of film.

'Saawariya' was my debut film. It will always be the most special film.

The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.

Whether the film is a Hindi film or in a South Indian language, I don't think it matters.

There's this film called 'The Pledge', with Jack Nicholson in it. Now that's a dark film.

In India, multiplex ticket prices are high; therefore people are a bit hesitant. The ticket price for a newcomer's film is the same as a Shah Rukh Khan or a Salman Khan film. Why would people pay, say Rs 400, for a newcomer's film when they can watch a Shah Rukh Khan film at the same price?

There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.

I naively thought I was making a low-budget movie. But, when the film came out, the Daily Variety reviewer at that time who was named Art Murphy described it as an exploitation film. I had never heard that term before. Roger never used it. So that's how I learned that I had made an exploitation film.

I took a semester off to film 'Scream Queens,' which was a great decision because it was an incredibly wild experience that did a lot for me as far as my career.

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties, back then.

Theater's wonderful because it's visceral, and it's happening in front of you, but you never get that close. So the close-up is a great privilege of film.

The first film I gave music for was a Bengali film called 'Dadu.'

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

It would be a really great to do a Marvel film - not even playing a superhero: just being part of that universe would be amazing.

I was part of the Bollywood film 'Strikers,' which I would call a niche film.

I always liked photography in film - I studied photography growing up. I like the medium of film; I like physically holding 35-mm film. I like the way it looks, the quality when it's projected. I like the way it frames real life.

One of the great things going on in Chicago is the educational facilities here. And the largest film school in the world is right here in Chicago: Columbia College.

The whole film genre is one of deceit. It is the suspension of disbelief. That's what all theater and all film is based on.

Tamil films have to be faster than a Malayalam film but not as fast as a Hindi film.

As a film-maker, I enjoy telling stories, and every film has its own journey.

I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.

I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios.

If the overall quality of your film depends on what you shot it on, you aren't ready to make a film.

'College Road Trip' is colorless. It's not a black film. It's not a white film.

My goal is not to make a 100 crore film but a film which has got content.

On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful form with great potential, but the environment around it is awful for a writer.

People are always asking me to do Shakespeare - at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It's like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It's great therapy.

You know, we love to categorise or label everything in our lives: people, movies. But I think that those are just the decorations. They, of course, work. They're great, but that's not the thrust of the film.

If you give an answer to your viewer, your film will simply finish in the movie theatre. But when you pose questions, your film actually begins after people watch it. In fact, your film will continue inside the viewer.

When 'Aashiqui' was released nobody knew that it will be such a good film... it is a cult film.

Every time I decide not to do a commercial film, a masala film, I'm closer to myself.

I actually like 'The Shining' more than I like Kubrick, I think. The tension he sustains through the whole film is so great.

Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.

Andrew has talked about my character being the conscience of the film, the heart of the film.

It's hard to make a film in Britain. It's hard to raise money. The best stuff that is shot on film in Britain is usually shot on film for television.

The great thing about doing a play is you get this rehearsal period, which you don't get with most film and television roles.

No one knows which film will be a hit or flop. Film making is a gamble.

At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.

It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.

I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.

I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory.