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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 live, therefore I make films. I make film, therefore I live. Life. Movement. I make home movies, therefore I live. I live, therefore I make home movies.
- Jonas Mekas
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Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.
- Trent Reznor
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My favorite days are at home. Spend some time in the garden, cook a couple of nice meals, watch a couple of movies. I'm pretty boring.
- Charlie Hunnam
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The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure.
- Marlee Matlin
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When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.
- Frankie Avalon
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I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.
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I've always been discreet - more than discreet. When a friend calls, and I'm doing something innocuous like cooking dinner, I tell them I'm reading or running out to the movies. It's the surveillance I can't stand.
- Joshua Cohen
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The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.
- Sylvester Stallone
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What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes money unless the movie works, and that informs every creative decision.
- Jason Blum
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I grew up on action movies. I love the James Bond and Jason Bourne movies.
- Sidharth Malhotra
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I was kind of burned out, a little jaded, and just sort of disillusioned by all the 'Mighty Duck' movies and everything just being about making money and not really caring about scripts anymore.
- Elden Henson
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I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.
- Bob Odenkirk
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I don't care about movies. I tend to play badminton once a week.
- Edward Witten
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
- Don Lemon
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I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
- Sylvester Stallone
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For me, it's about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That's what's big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.
- Kevin Hart
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My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.
- Denis Villeneuve
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But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.
- Bruce Springsteen
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I'd like to produce. I'd like to come up with ideas and collaborate with people and directors and writers that I like, be a part of movies that have the same idea that the movies that impacted me have. I'd like to be able to do that for people.
- Emma Stone
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I loved all of the 'Zenon' movies. Those were my jam mostly because of the fashion. I loved something about the space buns and the weird neon colors. I couldn't just wear that in real life because people would look weirdly at me, but maybe at a party or something.
- Sabrina Carpenter
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This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.
- Lionel Barrymore
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I live, therefore I make films. I make film, therefore I live. Life. Movement. I make home movies, therefore I live. I live, therefore I make home movies.
- Jonas Mekas
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Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.
- Trent Reznor
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My favorite days are at home. Spend some time in the garden, cook a couple of nice meals, watch a couple of movies. I'm pretty boring.
- Charlie Hunnam
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The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure.
- Marlee Matlin
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When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.
- Frankie Avalon
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I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.
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I've always been discreet - more than discreet. When a friend calls, and I'm doing something innocuous like cooking dinner, I tell them I'm reading or running out to the movies. It's the surveillance I can't stand.
- Joshua Cohen
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The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.
- Sylvester Stallone
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What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes money unless the movie works, and that informs every creative decision.
- Jason Blum
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I grew up on action movies. I love the James Bond and Jason Bourne movies.
- Sidharth Malhotra
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I was kind of burned out, a little jaded, and just sort of disillusioned by all the 'Mighty Duck' movies and everything just being about making money and not really caring about scripts anymore.
- Elden Henson
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I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.
- Bob Odenkirk
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I don't care about movies. I tend to play badminton once a week.
- Edward Witten
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
- Don Lemon
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I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
- Sylvester Stallone
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For me, it's about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That's what's big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.
- Kevin Hart
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My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.
- Denis Villeneuve
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But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.
- Bruce Springsteen
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I'd like to produce. I'd like to come up with ideas and collaborate with people and directors and writers that I like, be a part of movies that have the same idea that the movies that impacted me have. I'd like to be able to do that for people.
- Emma Stone
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I loved all of the 'Zenon' movies. Those were my jam mostly because of the fashion. I loved something about the space buns and the weird neon colors. I couldn't just wear that in real life because people would look weirdly at me, but maybe at a party or something.
- Sabrina Carpenter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.
- Lionel Barrymore
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I live, therefore I make films. I make film, therefore I live. Life. Movement. I make home movies, therefore I live. I live, therefore I make home movies.
- Jonas Mekas
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Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.
- Trent Reznor
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My favorite days are at home. Spend some time in the garden, cook a couple of nice meals, watch a couple of movies. I'm pretty boring.
- Charlie Hunnam
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The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure.
- Marlee Matlin
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.
- Frankie Avalon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've always been discreet - more than discreet. When a friend calls, and I'm doing something innocuous like cooking dinner, I tell them I'm reading or running out to the movies. It's the surveillance I can't stand.
- Joshua Cohen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.
- Sylvester Stallone
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes money unless the movie works, and that informs every creative decision.
- Jason Blum
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I grew up on action movies. I love the James Bond and Jason Bourne movies.
- Sidharth Malhotra
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was kind of burned out, a little jaded, and just sort of disillusioned by all the 'Mighty Duck' movies and everything just being about making money and not really caring about scripts anymore.
- Elden Henson
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I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.
- Bob Odenkirk
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I don't care about movies. I tend to play badminton once a week.
- Edward Witten
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
- Don Lemon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
- Sylvester Stallone
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For me, it's about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That's what's big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.
- Kevin Hart
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My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.
- Denis Villeneuve
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.
- Bruce Springsteen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'd like to produce. I'd like to come up with ideas and collaborate with people and directors and writers that I like, be a part of movies that have the same idea that the movies that impacted me have. I'd like to be able to do that for people.
- Emma Stone
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I loved all of the 'Zenon' movies. Those were my jam mostly because of the fashion. I loved something about the space buns and the weird neon colors. I couldn't just wear that in real life because people would look weirdly at me, but maybe at a party or something.
- Sabrina Carpenter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.
- Lionel Barrymore
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