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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 did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.
- Don Rickles
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When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it's because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it's usually the beginning of the end.
- Rocky Carroll
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To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.
- Viggo Mortensen
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A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AI's will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore turn out to be very dangerous.
- Ray Kurzweil
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For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper.
- Russell Crowe
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Making movies is like herding cats.
- Eric Fellner
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Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
- Nancy Meyers
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In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.
- John Kricfalusi
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
- Garrett Clayton
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The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary.
- Rouben Mamoulian
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I did movies because I was flattered and for money and because I wanted to kiss Sophie Marceau.
- Gad Elmaleh
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When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.
- David Fincher
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
- Sally Field
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Some movies work really well with music from Bach or Mahler that existed long before the film, so music has its own autonomy.
- Ennio Morricone
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After I finished school, I headed for Los Angeles, thinking, 'Movies. Beaches.' But I wanted to do serious stage work, so I upped sticks and moved to New York to study. I did the usual day jobs to support myself - waiting on tables, washing dishes, parking cars, anything to pay the rent. I was a terrible waiter, by the way.
- F. Murray Abraham
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The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.
- Lindsey Shaw
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Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
- Mary Pickford
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
- Rachel McAdams
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I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.
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'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Iron Man' movies. I love the special effects and how it seems very real, but at the same time, it still lives within the realm of Marvel. That's got to be a lot of work.
- Michael Pena
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I watch a lot of movies. I've watched movies since I was a kid. My dad brought me to the theater once a week. Always - it was a must. So I think that influenced me a lot to be an actor.
- Joe Taslim
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I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.
- Adriana Lima
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I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.
- Nicolas Cage
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I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.
- Eric Stoltz
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I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.
- Don Rickles
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When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it's because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it's usually the beginning of the end.
- Rocky Carroll
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To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.
- Viggo Mortensen
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A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AI's will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore turn out to be very dangerous.
- Ray Kurzweil
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For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper.
- Russell Crowe
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Making movies is like herding cats.
- Eric Fellner
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Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
- Nancy Meyers
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In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.
- John Kricfalusi
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
- Garrett Clayton
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The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary.
- Rouben Mamoulian
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I did movies because I was flattered and for money and because I wanted to kiss Sophie Marceau.
- Gad Elmaleh
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When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.
- David Fincher
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
- Sally Field
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Some movies work really well with music from Bach or Mahler that existed long before the film, so music has its own autonomy.
- Ennio Morricone
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After I finished school, I headed for Los Angeles, thinking, 'Movies. Beaches.' But I wanted to do serious stage work, so I upped sticks and moved to New York to study. I did the usual day jobs to support myself - waiting on tables, washing dishes, parking cars, anything to pay the rent. I was a terrible waiter, by the way.
- F. Murray Abraham
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The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.
- Lindsey Shaw
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Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
- Mary Pickford
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
- Rachel McAdams
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I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Iron Man' movies. I love the special effects and how it seems very real, but at the same time, it still lives within the realm of Marvel. That's got to be a lot of work.
- Michael Pena
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I watch a lot of movies. I've watched movies since I was a kid. My dad brought me to the theater once a week. Always - it was a must. So I think that influenced me a lot to be an actor.
- Joe Taslim
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I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.
- Adriana Lima
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I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.
- Nicolas Cage
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I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.
- Eric Stoltz
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I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.
- Don Rickles
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it's because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it's usually the beginning of the end.
- Rocky Carroll
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.
- Viggo Mortensen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AI's will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore turn out to be very dangerous.
- Ray Kurzweil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper.
- Russell Crowe
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Making movies is like herding cats.
- Eric Fellner
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
- Nancy Meyers
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In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.
- John Kricfalusi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
- Garrett Clayton
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The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary.
- Rouben Mamoulian
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I did movies because I was flattered and for money and because I wanted to kiss Sophie Marceau.
- Gad Elmaleh
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.
- David Fincher
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
- Sally Field
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Some movies work really well with music from Bach or Mahler that existed long before the film, so music has its own autonomy.
- Ennio Morricone
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After I finished school, I headed for Los Angeles, thinking, 'Movies. Beaches.' But I wanted to do serious stage work, so I upped sticks and moved to New York to study. I did the usual day jobs to support myself - waiting on tables, washing dishes, parking cars, anything to pay the rent. I was a terrible waiter, by the way.
- F. Murray Abraham
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.
- Lindsey Shaw
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
- Mary Pickford
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
- Rachel McAdams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Iron Man' movies. I love the special effects and how it seems very real, but at the same time, it still lives within the realm of Marvel. That's got to be a lot of work.
- Michael Pena
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I watch a lot of movies. I've watched movies since I was a kid. My dad brought me to the theater once a week. Always - it was a must. So I think that influenced me a lot to be an actor.
- Joe Taslim
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.
- Adriana Lima
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I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.
- Nicolas Cage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.
- Eric Stoltz
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