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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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I would say I was, I guess, a toddler when I actually found my passion because, when I was little, I used to mimic all these movies and sing all this music that you wouldn't think a toddler would know. I would think my passion just started there, and it just grew with me.
- Marsai Martin
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
- Ralph Lauren
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I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.
- George Harrison
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I love big superhero movies - when they are good - and I love big worlds and scope and genre, but there should never be a movie that's just mindless entertainment. Even if you pretend it is. It should say something about who we are.
- Nia DaCosta
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.
- Mitski
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Whenever I work on any Yash Raj film, I feel that they believed in me, and that's why I have been able to be in films today. I had no connection with movies apart from watching them.
- Anushka Sharma
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The villain in superhero movies is often, I think, what makes the movie.
- Toby Emmerich
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My favorite thing about movies is the ending, and so all my favorite movies have really great endings.
- Emma Stone
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I hate horror movies. I get really scared, and I don't want to be scared. I don't know why, but I'm one of those people who gets frightened and can't go to sleep.
- Callum Turner
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Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
- Reed Hastings
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My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.
- John Wayne
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'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.
- Gaby Hoffmann
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When I saw 'Bully' and I was 11 or 12 years old I thought I could do this; I could make movies. Larry Clark's cinematography is very raw. It's also based on a true story. I think a lot of the movies I like are based on true stories.
- Julia Fox
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I really like movies about mathematicians.
- Javier Milei
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There is a heavy Mexican Catholic streak in my movies, and a huge Mexican sense of melodrama. Everything is overwrought, and there's a sense of acceptance of the fantastic in my films, which is innately Mexican. So when people ask, 'How can you define the Mexican-ness of your films?' I go, 'How can I not?' It's all I am.
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We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!
- Betty Friedan
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For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore.
- Lorene Scafaria
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I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine, I enjoy it, but I got into this business to make westerns. And the kind of westerns I used to see, they died. So that didn't work out.
- John Carpenter
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When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the '40s, they didn't treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. I'm upset that there's no 'Terminator' with a woman in Arnold Schwarzenegger's role. Because that would make just as much money.
- Ellen Barkin
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I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge.
- Taika Waititi
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All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.
- Michael Haneke
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When I graduated from high school, I thought I wanted to make science fiction movies, so I applied to film school, but I couldn't get in. A professor told me I should try architecture instead.
- Ma Yansong
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When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.
- Kristen Wiig
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Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.
- Christopher Hampton
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I would say I was, I guess, a toddler when I actually found my passion because, when I was little, I used to mimic all these movies and sing all this music that you wouldn't think a toddler would know. I would think my passion just started there, and it just grew with me.
- Marsai Martin
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
- Ralph Lauren
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I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.
- George Harrison
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I love big superhero movies - when they are good - and I love big worlds and scope and genre, but there should never be a movie that's just mindless entertainment. Even if you pretend it is. It should say something about who we are.
- Nia DaCosta
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.
- Mitski
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Whenever I work on any Yash Raj film, I feel that they believed in me, and that's why I have been able to be in films today. I had no connection with movies apart from watching them.
- Anushka Sharma
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The villain in superhero movies is often, I think, what makes the movie.
- Toby Emmerich
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My favorite thing about movies is the ending, and so all my favorite movies have really great endings.
- Emma Stone
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I hate horror movies. I get really scared, and I don't want to be scared. I don't know why, but I'm one of those people who gets frightened and can't go to sleep.
- Callum Turner
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Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
- Reed Hastings
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My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.
- John Wayne
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'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.
- Gaby Hoffmann
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When I saw 'Bully' and I was 11 or 12 years old I thought I could do this; I could make movies. Larry Clark's cinematography is very raw. It's also based on a true story. I think a lot of the movies I like are based on true stories.
- Julia Fox
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I really like movies about mathematicians.
- Javier Milei
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There is a heavy Mexican Catholic streak in my movies, and a huge Mexican sense of melodrama. Everything is overwrought, and there's a sense of acceptance of the fantastic in my films, which is innately Mexican. So when people ask, 'How can you define the Mexican-ness of your films?' I go, 'How can I not?' It's all I am.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!
- Betty Friedan
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For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore.
- Lorene Scafaria
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I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine, I enjoy it, but I got into this business to make westerns. And the kind of westerns I used to see, they died. So that didn't work out.
- John Carpenter
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When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the '40s, they didn't treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. I'm upset that there's no 'Terminator' with a woman in Arnold Schwarzenegger's role. Because that would make just as much money.
- Ellen Barkin
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I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge.
- Taika Waititi
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All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.
- Michael Haneke
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When I graduated from high school, I thought I wanted to make science fiction movies, so I applied to film school, but I couldn't get in. A professor told me I should try architecture instead.
- Ma Yansong
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When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.
- Kristen Wiig
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Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.
- Christopher Hampton
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I would say I was, I guess, a toddler when I actually found my passion because, when I was little, I used to mimic all these movies and sing all this music that you wouldn't think a toddler would know. I would think my passion just started there, and it just grew with me.
- Marsai Martin
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
- Ralph Lauren
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.
- George Harrison
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love big superhero movies - when they are good - and I love big worlds and scope and genre, but there should never be a movie that's just mindless entertainment. Even if you pretend it is. It should say something about who we are.
- Nia DaCosta
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.
- Mitski
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whenever I work on any Yash Raj film, I feel that they believed in me, and that's why I have been able to be in films today. I had no connection with movies apart from watching them.
- Anushka Sharma
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The villain in superhero movies is often, I think, what makes the movie.
- Toby Emmerich
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My favorite thing about movies is the ending, and so all my favorite movies have really great endings.
- Emma Stone
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I hate horror movies. I get really scared, and I don't want to be scared. I don't know why, but I'm one of those people who gets frightened and can't go to sleep.
- Callum Turner
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
- Reed Hastings
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.
- John Wayne
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.
- Gaby Hoffmann
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When I saw 'Bully' and I was 11 or 12 years old I thought I could do this; I could make movies. Larry Clark's cinematography is very raw. It's also based on a true story. I think a lot of the movies I like are based on true stories.
- Julia Fox
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I really like movies about mathematicians.
- Javier Milei
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is a heavy Mexican Catholic streak in my movies, and a huge Mexican sense of melodrama. Everything is overwrought, and there's a sense of acceptance of the fantastic in my films, which is innately Mexican. So when people ask, 'How can you define the Mexican-ness of your films?' I go, 'How can I not?' It's all I am.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!
- Betty Friedan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore.
- Lorene Scafaria
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I never got in this business, in cinema, to make horror movies. They arrived on my doorstep and I got typecast. Which was fine, I enjoy it, but I got into this business to make westerns. And the kind of westerns I used to see, they died. So that didn't work out.
- John Carpenter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the '40s, they didn't treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. I'm upset that there's no 'Terminator' with a woman in Arnold Schwarzenegger's role. Because that would make just as much money.
- Ellen Barkin
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think something that every actor wants, whether they've done four movies or forty movies, is they want to find the work interesting. You want to come to work and think this is going to be a challenge.
- Taika Waititi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.
- Michael Haneke
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When I graduated from high school, I thought I wanted to make science fiction movies, so I applied to film school, but I couldn't get in. A professor told me I should try architecture instead.
- Ma Yansong
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When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.
- Kristen Wiig
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.
- Christopher Hampton
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