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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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When people tell me that my films make them smile, I feel like I'm doing a social service by making these light-hearted comedy movies.
- Priyadarshan
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There will always be big companies making big movies. But making film and distribution is changing in front of our eyes. I'm not sure what the future holds for this industry.
- Clint Howard
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I am a massive film geek, and I love movies.
- James Arthur
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I have a little bit of a pet peeve about how the middle class is depicted in movies. I feel like they tend to be either depicted in a very sentimental way, where everybody has a heart of gold except for the villains you're supposed to hiss at, or there's a sort of indie-style version... When it's done well, it's brilliant, it's 'Blue Velvet.'
- Greg Mottola
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Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
- Spike Jonze
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When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is right for the movie, that is the basis you cast someone, not because so-and-so is a friend.
- Mani Ratnam
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I happen to be interested in watching a face age. I like faces of women aging so it makes me personally quite sad. That's a beautiful gift from God. If people don't want to see that anymore then I won't be in anymore movies.
- Debra Winger
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I made my living in comedy, but I'm not a silly person. I've got all these sides to me. Even in my movies that I've written myself, the characters sometimes border on great anger or nutsiness or other kinds of behavior. I'm not just doing fart jokes for two hours.
- Albert Brooks
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My father didn't do a lot of direct education. My mother was the direct educator. She would put on these movies on American Movie Classics when we got cable, after my parents got divorced, which took like four or five years.
- Wesley Morris
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I was just making movies to make movies. I was so full of anxiety about becoming a filmmaker that I kind of lost the idea of why I was doing it.
- Lee Isaac Chung
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Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
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It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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India is the country which makes the maximum number of movies. Cinema is one of our religions.
- Priyadarshan
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Film spectators are quiet vampires.
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I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.
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I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.
- Alex Winter
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I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
- Francis Ford Coppola
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Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
- Roger Ebert
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.
- Louise Brooks
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Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.
- Roland Emmerich
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Everyone told me to pass on 'Speed' because it was a 'bus movie.'
- Sandra Bullock
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Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
- Roger Ebert
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I grew up watching Hong Kong noir films. As a kid, I often imagined myself playing the lead role in such movies, performing gun fights and sacrificing myself for the sake of friendship.
- Jeon Yeo-been
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When people tell me that my films make them smile, I feel like I'm doing a social service by making these light-hearted comedy movies.
- Priyadarshan
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There will always be big companies making big movies. But making film and distribution is changing in front of our eyes. I'm not sure what the future holds for this industry.
- Clint Howard
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I am a massive film geek, and I love movies.
- James Arthur
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have a little bit of a pet peeve about how the middle class is depicted in movies. I feel like they tend to be either depicted in a very sentimental way, where everybody has a heart of gold except for the villains you're supposed to hiss at, or there's a sort of indie-style version... When it's done well, it's brilliant, it's 'Blue Velvet.'
- Greg Mottola
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
- Spike Jonze
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When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is right for the movie, that is the basis you cast someone, not because so-and-so is a friend.
- Mani Ratnam
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I happen to be interested in watching a face age. I like faces of women aging so it makes me personally quite sad. That's a beautiful gift from God. If people don't want to see that anymore then I won't be in anymore movies.
- Debra Winger
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I made my living in comedy, but I'm not a silly person. I've got all these sides to me. Even in my movies that I've written myself, the characters sometimes border on great anger or nutsiness or other kinds of behavior. I'm not just doing fart jokes for two hours.
- Albert Brooks
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My father didn't do a lot of direct education. My mother was the direct educator. She would put on these movies on American Movie Classics when we got cable, after my parents got divorced, which took like four or five years.
- Wesley Morris
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was just making movies to make movies. I was so full of anxiety about becoming a filmmaker that I kind of lost the idea of why I was doing it.
- Lee Isaac Chung
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Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
India is the country which makes the maximum number of movies. Cinema is one of our religions.
- Priyadarshan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Film spectators are quiet vampires.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.
- Alex Winter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
- Francis Ford Coppola
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
- Roger Ebert
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.
- Louise Brooks
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.
- Roland Emmerich
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everyone told me to pass on 'Speed' because it was a 'bus movie.'
- Sandra Bullock
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
- Roger Ebert
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I grew up watching Hong Kong noir films. As a kid, I often imagined myself playing the lead role in such movies, performing gun fights and sacrificing myself for the sake of friendship.
- Jeon Yeo-been
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When people tell me that my films make them smile, I feel like I'm doing a social service by making these light-hearted comedy movies.
- Priyadarshan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There will always be big companies making big movies. But making film and distribution is changing in front of our eyes. I'm not sure what the future holds for this industry.
- Clint Howard
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am a massive film geek, and I love movies.
- James Arthur
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have a little bit of a pet peeve about how the middle class is depicted in movies. I feel like they tend to be either depicted in a very sentimental way, where everybody has a heart of gold except for the villains you're supposed to hiss at, or there's a sort of indie-style version... When it's done well, it's brilliant, it's 'Blue Velvet.'
- Greg Mottola
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
- Spike Jonze
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is right for the movie, that is the basis you cast someone, not because so-and-so is a friend.
- Mani Ratnam
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I happen to be interested in watching a face age. I like faces of women aging so it makes me personally quite sad. That's a beautiful gift from God. If people don't want to see that anymore then I won't be in anymore movies.
- Debra Winger
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I made my living in comedy, but I'm not a silly person. I've got all these sides to me. Even in my movies that I've written myself, the characters sometimes border on great anger or nutsiness or other kinds of behavior. I'm not just doing fart jokes for two hours.
- Albert Brooks
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My father didn't do a lot of direct education. My mother was the direct educator. She would put on these movies on American Movie Classics when we got cable, after my parents got divorced, which took like four or five years.
- Wesley Morris
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was just making movies to make movies. I was so full of anxiety about becoming a filmmaker that I kind of lost the idea of why I was doing it.
- Lee Isaac Chung
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
India is the country which makes the maximum number of movies. Cinema is one of our religions.
- Priyadarshan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Film spectators are quiet vampires.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.
- Alex Winter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
- Francis Ford Coppola
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
- Roger Ebert
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.
- Louise Brooks
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.
- Roland Emmerich
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everyone told me to pass on 'Speed' because it was a 'bus movie.'
- Sandra Bullock
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
- Roger Ebert
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I grew up watching Hong Kong noir films. As a kid, I often imagined myself playing the lead role in such movies, performing gun fights and sacrificing myself for the sake of friendship.
- Jeon Yeo-been
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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