Quotes About Movies and Film By Directors, Actors And Other Persons

by allinspiration.com

What have various celebrities said about their profession and industry? Read these quotes on movies, filmmaking, acting, cinema and other related areas from various famous persons.

“Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.”
– Aishwarya Rai

“I’ve been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.”
– Alanis Morissette

“I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that’s different than you imagine it.”
– Alex Winter

“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.”
– Alfred Hitchcock

“A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.”
– Alfred Hitchcock

“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”
– Alfred Hitchcock

“I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I’m in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It’s so unnatural and uncomfortable.”
– Amanda Seyfried

“It’s the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.”
– Andy Warhol

“3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we’re just taking baby steps, we’re just in the beginning.”
– Ang Lee

“After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.”
– Ang Lee

“Economically, it’s more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.”
– Ang Lee

“I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.”
– Ang Lee

“I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.”
– Ang Lee

“I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.”
– Ang Lee

“In the past I’ve made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can’t really hate them. You can discard them, but you can’t really hate them.”
– Ang Lee

“Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.”
– Ang Lee

“Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn’t making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.”
– Ang Lee

“One of my movies was called ‘True Lies.’ It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
– Audrey Hepburn

“I don’t take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
– Bette Davis

“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.”
– Bette Davis

“Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.”
– Billy Wilder

“I love doing normal things – movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths – that’s a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.”
– Christina Aguilera

“So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?”
– Christina Aguilera

“My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it’s incredibly romantic.”
– Christina Ricci

“The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.”
– Christina Ricci

“There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.”
– Clint Eastwood

“This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.”
– Clint Eastwood

“Even the worst Bond movies, there’s something to love about them.”
– Daniel Craig

“Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the ‘Thomas Crown Affair’. It’s, it’s, I don’t know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It’s the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it’s not.”
– Daniel Craig

“You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and ‘behind the scenes,’ and now it’s a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret.”
– Daniel Craig

“If you don’t like my movies, don’t watch them.”
– Dario Argento

“We are the movies and the movies are us.”
– David Ansen

“Somebody asked me about the current choice we’re being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it’s like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.”
– Dean Koontz

“Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it’s not all that important to me anymore.”
– Dennis Quaid

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