Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jesse Eisenberg

It's a very strange experience to watch yourself in a movie anyway. I most frequently don't do it, but if I was going to do it, I would do it in a private way, not at a public screening at a film festival, which is just an overwhelming experience.

Daniel Stern

I remember, after graduating high school, I got a part in a play with the Washington Shakespeare Festival - a little part. But I remember thinking this would be a great way of making a living... to be an actor. I never really thought I'd make a lot of money at it.

It was a surprise, ... We knew we were going to Washington, D.C., to take part in the First Americans Festival at the opening of the National Museum for the American Indian, with the Smithsonian, but we did not know that we had been invited to sing at the White House until we were already in Washington. So that was pretty exciting.

It's a festival that very much kind of underscores for me what independent film-making is,

It's going to grow. Most festivals take three to five years to get there,

It's really great to have the festival here in my hometown,

Lars von Trier

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

Mikey Way

Bringing production to a festival can be tricky sometimes.

Melanie Lynskey

I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry.

For people who have never experienced the Kwanzaa festival in the past, I can't think of a better year to take that step forward. Upon their arrival, they will be immersed in a very positive energy, and they will feel good from the inside.

Michelle Monaghan

I really love the festival circuit.

Vincent Ward

I'm pleased that after all the hard work and challenges, the film will premiere at one of the world's leading film festivals

Joshua Bell

In 1987, I had no idea who Steven Isserlis was. We met at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. It was originally just an Italian summer festival, but for the past 14 years, there's also been a spring festival in America.

Ivan Reitman

A lot of movies at this festival were struggling to find distributors, ... This film was fortunate enough to find more than its share.

Thurston Moore

We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.

Takeshi Kitano

I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

Tom Hooper

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

Rico Love

I listen to all types of different music. I go to different festivals. I'm around music.