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Quotes about filmmaking reveal the art, struggle, and imagination behind bringing stories to life on screen. They reflect the balance between technical craft and emotional truth that defines the medium. The following collection offers perspectives from those who see cinema not just as entertainment, but as a powerful way of seeing the world.   ◀ Back
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The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.
- Robert Eggers
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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
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Two things in India are religion - one is cricket, and one is movies - these are two things.
- Preity Zinta
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I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene.
- Emily Blunt
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My Christmas wish would be to have an entire week off. To spend it with my family and just curl up and watch Christmas movies when it's snowing outside.
- David Hasselhoff
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It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.
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Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a lot of stuff that nobody cares about. Imagine if the movie pages covered none of the big movies and all they covered were movies that you couldn't even find in the theater?
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Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.
- John Wayne
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I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.
- Salma Hayek
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
- Forest Whitaker
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I was fortunate because my mum shared my love of film with me, so we would go to the movies twice, three times a week, and we would watch movies at home. As a teenager, instead of going out, we would have these huge movie nights in. But I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
- Brenton Thwaites
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I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work.
- Cindy Sherman
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I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be an actor. Just like tons of young actors, I think, get freaked out by the Scorsese/DeNiro movies. I loved all his movies in the '90s, too. Then I got a part in 'The Aviator' and couldn't believe it.
- Adam Scott
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New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies.
- Clark Gregg
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The future is always a dystopia in movies.
- Alex Cox
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I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies.
- Clive Barker
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'Luke Cage' came out in 1972 at the height of the blaxploitation era. It was a literary response to this notion of blaxploitation movies. It was the first time in American culture that Hollywood was embracing black movies.
- Adrian Younge
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I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
- SZA
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In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.'
- Monica Vitti
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I really love movies! I have seen so many, I can't say my favourite one.
- Vittoria Ceretti
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I think Dogme was inspiring for quite a few peoples and sort of started a digital movement. Personally, I found it extremely uplifting and fantastic making Dogme movies, but I felt I completed it with 'The Celebration.' I think that was the end of the road on Dogme for me. It was as far as I could go.
- Thomas Vinterberg
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I remember looking through magazines or watching movies even just a couple of years ago and being like, 'I really want to be part of that,' but not realizing what that was.
- Leighton Meester
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When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.
- Daniel Lubetzky
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I wanted to be a movie director. I was just obsessed with watching movies and camera shots and directors. I read autobiographies and stuff of directors.
- Gavin Creel
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The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.
- Robert Eggers
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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
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Two things in India are religion - one is cricket, and one is movies - these are two things.
- Preity Zinta
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I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene.
- Emily Blunt
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My Christmas wish would be to have an entire week off. To spend it with my family and just curl up and watch Christmas movies when it's snowing outside.
- David Hasselhoff
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It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a lot of stuff that nobody cares about. Imagine if the movie pages covered none of the big movies and all they covered were movies that you couldn't even find in the theater?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.
- John Wayne
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I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.
- Salma Hayek
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
- Forest Whitaker
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I was fortunate because my mum shared my love of film with me, so we would go to the movies twice, three times a week, and we would watch movies at home. As a teenager, instead of going out, we would have these huge movie nights in. But I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
- Brenton Thwaites
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work.
- Cindy Sherman
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be an actor. Just like tons of young actors, I think, get freaked out by the Scorsese/DeNiro movies. I loved all his movies in the '90s, too. Then I got a part in 'The Aviator' and couldn't believe it.
- Adam Scott
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New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies.
- Clark Gregg
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The future is always a dystopia in movies.
- Alex Cox
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I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies.
- Clive Barker
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'Luke Cage' came out in 1972 at the height of the blaxploitation era. It was a literary response to this notion of blaxploitation movies. It was the first time in American culture that Hollywood was embracing black movies.
- Adrian Younge
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I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
- SZA
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In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.'
- Monica Vitti
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I really love movies! I have seen so many, I can't say my favourite one.
- Vittoria Ceretti
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I think Dogme was inspiring for quite a few peoples and sort of started a digital movement. Personally, I found it extremely uplifting and fantastic making Dogme movies, but I felt I completed it with 'The Celebration.' I think that was the end of the road on Dogme for me. It was as far as I could go.
- Thomas Vinterberg
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I remember looking through magazines or watching movies even just a couple of years ago and being like, 'I really want to be part of that,' but not realizing what that was.
- Leighton Meester
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When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.
- Daniel Lubetzky
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wanted to be a movie director. I was just obsessed with watching movies and camera shots and directors. I read autobiographies and stuff of directors.
- Gavin Creel
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.
- Robert Eggers
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Two things in India are religion - one is cricket, and one is movies - these are two things.
- Preity Zinta
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene.
- Emily Blunt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My Christmas wish would be to have an entire week off. To spend it with my family and just curl up and watch Christmas movies when it's snowing outside.
- David Hasselhoff
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a lot of stuff that nobody cares about. Imagine if the movie pages covered none of the big movies and all they covered were movies that you couldn't even find in the theater?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.
- John Wayne
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.
- Salma Hayek
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
- Forest Whitaker
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was fortunate because my mum shared my love of film with me, so we would go to the movies twice, three times a week, and we would watch movies at home. As a teenager, instead of going out, we would have these huge movie nights in. But I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
- Brenton Thwaites
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work.
- Cindy Sherman
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be an actor. Just like tons of young actors, I think, get freaked out by the Scorsese/DeNiro movies. I loved all his movies in the '90s, too. Then I got a part in 'The Aviator' and couldn't believe it.
- Adam Scott
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies.
- Clark Gregg
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The future is always a dystopia in movies.
- Alex Cox
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other people: paintings, books, movies.
- Clive Barker
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Luke Cage' came out in 1972 at the height of the blaxploitation era. It was a literary response to this notion of blaxploitation movies. It was the first time in American culture that Hollywood was embracing black movies.
- Adrian Younge
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
- SZA
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.'
- Monica Vitti
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I really love movies! I have seen so many, I can't say my favourite one.
- Vittoria Ceretti
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think Dogme was inspiring for quite a few peoples and sort of started a digital movement. Personally, I found it extremely uplifting and fantastic making Dogme movies, but I felt I completed it with 'The Celebration.' I think that was the end of the road on Dogme for me. It was as far as I could go.
- Thomas Vinterberg
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I remember looking through magazines or watching movies even just a couple of years ago and being like, 'I really want to be part of that,' but not realizing what that was.
- Leighton Meester
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.
- Daniel Lubetzky
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wanted to be a movie director. I was just obsessed with watching movies and camera shots and directors. I read autobiographies and stuff of directors.
- Gavin Creel
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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