Famous Quotes & Sayings

Otto Preminger

I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.

Sebastian Stan

Sometimes with films you have a freedom to be able to, Okay, we got that take so let's try another one where suddenly I'll say this, or you'll get to improv. You can't do that with stage. We have to make it new every time, and also within the structured settings.

Scott Turow

I think one of the blessings that I've had in watching, you know, films be made now from four of my books is to realize that it's a separate thing. It's a separate work.

Paul Haggis

A lot of films made me love the movies, everything from Hitchcock to Godard. But the ones that really grabbed me were Costa-Gavras's films like 'Z' and 'State of Siege.'

Patrick Marber

But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make.

Ray Winstone

'Once Upon A Time In America' is one of the cleverest films of all time, because you can get out of it whatever you want to get out of it.

Typically, the big computer-animated films are spaced out four or five months apart. It is very odd that so many of these are squeezed together.

We focus on high-quality films and the unique talent and passion of filmmakers.

Kathy Baker

You know why it is important to watch those safety films and to place safety so high.

Haley Bennett

I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.

Paula Garces

I think the reason why a lot of the Spanish films do so well, and are so well done, is because the public really respects it and wants it.

Megan Fox

If I get stuck doing comic-book films for the rest of my life, I'll be really happy.

Peter Jackson

Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little.

Francis Lawrence

I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.

Emilia Fox

I met Jack Nicholson when I was about 10 at a party of my uncle's, and it wasn't so much that I knew his films because I was small, but he wore sunglasses inside at night and I thought that must mean he was very important and was suitably star struck by his charismatic presence.

Martin Freeman

There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.

If the films about anything, ... its about the right to work with some kind of dignity.

What matters is how these two 2006 films are going to perform relative to expectations and whether there is going to be a secondary offering after June 1 triggered by Paul Allen.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like 'Hulk' and 'The Punishers.'

Ian Mckellen

If we just made one movie, 'The Hobbit,' the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they've got three films they can watch 1,000 times.

Carly Craig

I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a writer as well. In improv, you will fail sometimes, so it teaches you to be brave and try anything. The worst that can happen is nobody laughs.

Gwendoline Christie

Terry Gilliam is someone I'd always deeply admired. I saw his films when I was a child.

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

Mark Burnett

Look at the top films of the past 20 years, and a number of them are not from America. It's an incredible second chance.

Jonas Armstrong

I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting until I was 17.

Dan Gilroy

I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows you to play with images.

Cary Fukunaga

'Jane Eyre' was one of those films that I was familiar with as a kid, and I always enjoyed the story.

Francis Coppola

I think it was more like the original Francis before The Godfather who just wanted to make personal films and use sensible-sized crews and equipment.

I think this is the year of the smaller films with independent spirits.

I think that's terrific that independent films are getting more and more mainstream press.

Dirk Benedict

It is marketing that makes films popular. Cross-marketing. Selling movies with hamburgers and Coke.

Anthony Minghella

It is my well. I always go to Italian films to be replenished.

Fernando Meirelles

I think, in the next two or three years, we are going to see a lot of films set in Africa, or about Africa,