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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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More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies.
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I thought that there might be something unsatisfying about directing two Tolkien movies after 'Lord of the Rings.' I'd be trying to compete with myself and deliberately doing things differently.
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My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.
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Everyone had a loss or lost something during COVID. I allowed myself to take long baths, watch cheesy movies, and just tried to slow down, and I made sure to maintain my mental health.
- Jessica Long
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I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.
- Jeff Bridges
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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
- D. W. Griffith
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Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees.
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I think my movies are very much about the female gaze... But it's not going to happen magically if you're a woman. It's still something you have to deconstruct, but it's not something you have to be vigilant about.
- Celine Sciamma
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The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?
- Robert Pozen
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I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies.
- Virginia Madsen
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Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.
- Suzanne Fields
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I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own.
- John Carpenter
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My dad is so impressed. He loves the movies and would take us two, three times a week, so this fantasy of mine of becoming an actor? I can blame my father for that. He's so amazed. And so happy.
- Pedro Pascal
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Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don't go to a movie hoping it'll change my life.
- Alice Cooper
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I thought Clint Eastwood was cool in all the western movies, but I'm not gonna drive somewhere he's at and stand in line to see him. I told Missy, my wife, 'The only person I'd stand in line for is God Almighty. You made the universe? All right, I'll get in line!'
- Jase Robertson
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Horror is fascinating because it's so seasonal and it's like you've got these periods where slasher movies are in and it's like everyone loves them. Next thing you know zombies are in. Then vampires are acceptable.
- Mike Flanagan
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Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
- Jeff Bridges
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I'll never get another first premiere again, especially at Sundance. I've just been trying to fully engage myself in everything that's going on, and I hope to see other movies here while I'm here! I really want to!
- Harley Quinn Smith
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For me, I'm very visually inspired. I'm more inspired by photographs and movies than I am by listening to other music, so for me to create an amazingly intense visual live show is a dream, so I would love to be on that level for sure.
- Charli XCX
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As you grow older, there are lesser and lesser roles for you in the movies, while in dance the field opens up as you mature.
- Shobana
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I had an agent once who wanted me to make many more movies. I said, 'I can't. I can only do one a year, if that. I have children, young children.' And he said, 'Well, I guess you won't be a superstar.' And I said, 'Well, I guess not.'
- Eva Marie Saint
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I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.
- Stephen Hopkins
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
- Barry Sonnenfeld
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I really like suspenseful movies and movies that make you think.
- A. J. Cook
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More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies.
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I thought that there might be something unsatisfying about directing two Tolkien movies after 'Lord of the Rings.' I'd be trying to compete with myself and deliberately doing things differently.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everyone had a loss or lost something during COVID. I allowed myself to take long baths, watch cheesy movies, and just tried to slow down, and I made sure to maintain my mental health.
- Jessica Long
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I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.
- Jeff Bridges
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Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
- D. W. Griffith
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Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees.
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I think my movies are very much about the female gaze... But it's not going to happen magically if you're a woman. It's still something you have to deconstruct, but it's not something you have to be vigilant about.
- Celine Sciamma
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The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?
- Robert Pozen
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I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies.
- Virginia Madsen
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Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.
- Suzanne Fields
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I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own.
- John Carpenter
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My dad is so impressed. He loves the movies and would take us two, three times a week, so this fantasy of mine of becoming an actor? I can blame my father for that. He's so amazed. And so happy.
- Pedro Pascal
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Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don't go to a movie hoping it'll change my life.
- Alice Cooper
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I thought Clint Eastwood was cool in all the western movies, but I'm not gonna drive somewhere he's at and stand in line to see him. I told Missy, my wife, 'The only person I'd stand in line for is God Almighty. You made the universe? All right, I'll get in line!'
- Jase Robertson
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Horror is fascinating because it's so seasonal and it's like you've got these periods where slasher movies are in and it's like everyone loves them. Next thing you know zombies are in. Then vampires are acceptable.
- Mike Flanagan
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Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
- Jeff Bridges
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I'll never get another first premiere again, especially at Sundance. I've just been trying to fully engage myself in everything that's going on, and I hope to see other movies here while I'm here! I really want to!
- Harley Quinn Smith
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For me, I'm very visually inspired. I'm more inspired by photographs and movies than I am by listening to other music, so for me to create an amazingly intense visual live show is a dream, so I would love to be on that level for sure.
- Charli XCX
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As you grow older, there are lesser and lesser roles for you in the movies, while in dance the field opens up as you mature.
- Shobana
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I had an agent once who wanted me to make many more movies. I said, 'I can't. I can only do one a year, if that. I have children, young children.' And he said, 'Well, I guess you won't be a superstar.' And I said, 'Well, I guess not.'
- Eva Marie Saint
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I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.
- Stephen Hopkins
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
- Barry Sonnenfeld
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I really like suspenseful movies and movies that make you think.
- A. J. Cook
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More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I thought that there might be something unsatisfying about directing two Tolkien movies after 'Lord of the Rings.' I'd be trying to compete with myself and deliberately doing things differently.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everyone had a loss or lost something during COVID. I allowed myself to take long baths, watch cheesy movies, and just tried to slow down, and I made sure to maintain my mental health.
- Jessica Long
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I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.
- Jeff Bridges
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
- D. W. Griffith
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think my movies are very much about the female gaze... But it's not going to happen magically if you're a woman. It's still something you have to deconstruct, but it's not something you have to be vigilant about.
- Celine Sciamma
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?
- Robert Pozen
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I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies.
- Virginia Madsen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.
- Suzanne Fields
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I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own.
- John Carpenter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My dad is so impressed. He loves the movies and would take us two, three times a week, so this fantasy of mine of becoming an actor? I can blame my father for that. He's so amazed. And so happy.
- Pedro Pascal
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Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don't go to a movie hoping it'll change my life.
- Alice Cooper
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I thought Clint Eastwood was cool in all the western movies, but I'm not gonna drive somewhere he's at and stand in line to see him. I told Missy, my wife, 'The only person I'd stand in line for is God Almighty. You made the universe? All right, I'll get in line!'
- Jase Robertson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Horror is fascinating because it's so seasonal and it's like you've got these periods where slasher movies are in and it's like everyone loves them. Next thing you know zombies are in. Then vampires are acceptable.
- Mike Flanagan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
- Jeff Bridges
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'll never get another first premiere again, especially at Sundance. I've just been trying to fully engage myself in everything that's going on, and I hope to see other movies here while I'm here! I really want to!
- Harley Quinn Smith
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For me, I'm very visually inspired. I'm more inspired by photographs and movies than I am by listening to other music, so for me to create an amazingly intense visual live show is a dream, so I would love to be on that level for sure.
- Charli XCX
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As you grow older, there are lesser and lesser roles for you in the movies, while in dance the field opens up as you mature.
- Shobana
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I had an agent once who wanted me to make many more movies. I said, 'I can't. I can only do one a year, if that. I have children, young children.' And he said, 'Well, I guess you won't be a superstar.' And I said, 'Well, I guess not.'
- Eva Marie Saint
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.
- Stephen Hopkins
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
- Barry Sonnenfeld
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I really like suspenseful movies and movies that make you think.
- A. J. Cook
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