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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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We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow.
- Charles Bronson
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Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that.
- Joan Didion
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I revel in movies where the monsters tower more over the tiny budgets than the characters they threaten.
- David Hewlett
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Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.
- Millicent Simmonds
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There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
- Antonio Banderas
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In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true.
- Joe Shuster
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I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies.
- Peyton Reed
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If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.
- Colin Firth
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If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.
- Bill Burr
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Well, the world of entertainment and leisure is gigantic. When you combine it with all of the aspects of entertainment and leisure, going to movies or traveling or going to restaurants, staying in a hotel, skiing, it's huge.
- Jensen Huang
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It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy's autograph. I'd tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, 'People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.' But she couldn't really grasp it.
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Many movies about people recovering, moving on, and redeeming themselves are really wonderful and inspiring. But I think the more sentimental ones that are less good make me feel isolated - like, if you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps like the guys in the movies, there is something wrong with you. That's a shame.
- Kenneth Lonergan
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I'd love to be in the Bollywood movies. The producers here can call me - collect! I'm a Punjab da munda.
- Deep Roy
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It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'
- Jason Dohring
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Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.
- Monica Bellucci
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I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.
- Shaquille O'Neal
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We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.
- Connie Nielsen
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Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness. To clean my house, see my family. Just see some movies and pick some strawberries.
- Lauren Ambrose
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I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.
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What's fun to me is that we can make movies but we are no longer restricted by this two-hour timeframe. It gives us this bigger canvas to paint on. It opens up all sorts of new storytelling possibilities.
- Matt Duffer
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I have joy. Canadians have the reputation of making dark movies because we are in this society where we have the space to explore darkness. That's the way I see it.
- Denis Villeneuve
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You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions.
- Ken Jennings
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
- Daniel Craig
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With all due respect to the people who made the motorcycle movies during the '60s, I felt the sophistication level could be a bit higher, and I felt I could raise the bar on that, too.
- Larry Bishop
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We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow.
- Charles Bronson
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Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that.
- Joan Didion
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I revel in movies where the monsters tower more over the tiny budgets than the characters they threaten.
- David Hewlett
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Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.
- Millicent Simmonds
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There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
- Antonio Banderas
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In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true.
- Joe Shuster
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I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies.
- Peyton Reed
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If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.
- Colin Firth
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If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.
- Bill Burr
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Well, the world of entertainment and leisure is gigantic. When you combine it with all of the aspects of entertainment and leisure, going to movies or traveling or going to restaurants, staying in a hotel, skiing, it's huge.
- Jensen Huang
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It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy's autograph. I'd tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, 'People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.' But she couldn't really grasp it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Many movies about people recovering, moving on, and redeeming themselves are really wonderful and inspiring. But I think the more sentimental ones that are less good make me feel isolated - like, if you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps like the guys in the movies, there is something wrong with you. That's a shame.
- Kenneth Lonergan
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I'd love to be in the Bollywood movies. The producers here can call me - collect! I'm a Punjab da munda.
- Deep Roy
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It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'
- Jason Dohring
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Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.
- Monica Bellucci
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I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.
- Shaquille O'Neal
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We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.
- Connie Nielsen
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Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness. To clean my house, see my family. Just see some movies and pick some strawberries.
- Lauren Ambrose
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I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What's fun to me is that we can make movies but we are no longer restricted by this two-hour timeframe. It gives us this bigger canvas to paint on. It opens up all sorts of new storytelling possibilities.
- Matt Duffer
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I have joy. Canadians have the reputation of making dark movies because we are in this society where we have the space to explore darkness. That's the way I see it.
- Denis Villeneuve
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You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions.
- Ken Jennings
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
- Daniel Craig
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
With all due respect to the people who made the motorcycle movies during the '60s, I felt the sophistication level could be a bit higher, and I felt I could raise the bar on that, too.
- Larry Bishop
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow.
- Charles Bronson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that.
- Joan Didion
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I revel in movies where the monsters tower more over the tiny budgets than the characters they threaten.
- David Hewlett
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.
- Millicent Simmonds
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
- Antonio Banderas
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true.
- Joe Shuster
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies.
- Peyton Reed
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.
- Colin Firth
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.
- Bill Burr
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Well, the world of entertainment and leisure is gigantic. When you combine it with all of the aspects of entertainment and leisure, going to movies or traveling or going to restaurants, staying in a hotel, skiing, it's huge.
- Jensen Huang
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It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy's autograph. I'd tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, 'People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.' But she couldn't really grasp it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Many movies about people recovering, moving on, and redeeming themselves are really wonderful and inspiring. But I think the more sentimental ones that are less good make me feel isolated - like, if you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps like the guys in the movies, there is something wrong with you. That's a shame.
- Kenneth Lonergan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'd love to be in the Bollywood movies. The producers here can call me - collect! I'm a Punjab da munda.
- Deep Roy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'
- Jason Dohring
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.
- Monica Bellucci
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.
- Shaquille O'Neal
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.
- Connie Nielsen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness. To clean my house, see my family. Just see some movies and pick some strawberries.
- Lauren Ambrose
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What's fun to me is that we can make movies but we are no longer restricted by this two-hour timeframe. It gives us this bigger canvas to paint on. It opens up all sorts of new storytelling possibilities.
- Matt Duffer
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have joy. Canadians have the reputation of making dark movies because we are in this society where we have the space to explore darkness. That's the way I see it.
- Denis Villeneuve
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions.
- Ken Jennings
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
- Daniel Craig
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
With all due respect to the people who made the motorcycle movies during the '60s, I felt the sophistication level could be a bit higher, and I felt I could raise the bar on that, too.
- Larry Bishop
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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