Interesting Film Quotes – Insightful Thoughts On Movies, Cinema, And More
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“When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements – why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It’s a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.”
– Stephen Chow
“A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn’t Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit.”
– Steven Soderbergh
“Why Pay a Dollar for a Bookmark? Why Not Use the Dollar for a Bookmark?”
– Steven Spielberg
“People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.”
– Steven Spielberg
“Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.”
– Sydney Pollack
“Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.”
– Ted Kotcheff
“Filmmaking can be a fine art.”
– Terri Windling
“If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.”
– Tom Hanks
“If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done.”
– Tony Gilroy
“When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn’t know what a documentary film was.”
– Tony Kaye
“I’m happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was – but it’s almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play, like I did with ‘Angels,’ and it still generates income for me, but it’s not enough for me to live on and have health insurance.”
– Tony Kushner
“I always believe it’s better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.”
– Trevor Nunn
“Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I’ve ever been privy to as an actress.”
– Vera Farmiga
“‘Jaws’ was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of ’75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who’s seen ‘Jaws’ 55 times.”
– Victor Salva
“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.”
– Walt Disney
“I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.”
– Werner Herzog
“Saturday Night Live is such a comedy boot camp in a way, because you get to work with so many different people who come in to host the show and you get thrown into so many situations and learn how to think on your feet, so filmmaking actually feels slow, in a good way.”
– Will Ferrell
“As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless – and absolutely essential.”
– William Goldman
“If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor’s contribution is a rather slender band.”
– William Mapother
“The More Opinions You Have, the Less You See.”
– Wim Wenders
“Eighty Percent of Success is Turning Up.”
– Woody Allen
“If My Film Makes One More Person Miserable, I’ve Done My Job.”
– Woody Allen
“Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won’t and that’s what it’s all about.”
– Yahoo Serious
“The wide screen reminds me of a roll of toilet paper.”
– Yasujiro Ozu
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