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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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Stand-up keeps you on your toes because it's instant. With TV and movies, you have to wait for the numbers to come in to see what happened at the box office. With stand-up, it's right there, that night, in your face.
- Mo'Nique
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'Cloverfield' and 'REC' are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective. It gives you a whole new take and helps you re-experience that all over again.
- Adam Wingard
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'Boy' is one of my top-five favorite movies of all time.
- Wyatt Russell
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It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others.
- Blair Underwood
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I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.
- Grace Poe
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While doing movies, I enjoyed every bit of it - the ambience, my co-stars, my roles, the art of getting under the skin of a character, everything.
- Pooja Bedi
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Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.
- Noah Baumbach
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There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.
- Chloe Sevigny
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I love being at home! We travel a lot so I really enjoy being at home, having a lazy day on the couch, watch a couple of movies, meet friends, cook dinner, go to the cinema, play tennis.
- Nico Hulkenberg
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For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.
- Jay Baruchel
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If you're fighting with your boyfriend, you can go to the movies and cry it out and leave happy because the ending of the film is happy.
- Lindsay Lohan
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I grew up above a video store. My dad had an account with them and... he was very busy and had his own life. So I just would watch movies nonstop.
- Julia Fox
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
- Samuel L. Jackson
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I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
- Matthew Vaughn
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Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.
- Brittany Snow
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If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny.
- Michael Keaton
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I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States.
- Andrew Lau
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I think about growing up back in Philly. It was about friendship with the guys and having a distant crush on some gal. And when you finally got the nerve to take her out on a date, you went to her parents' house with a shine on your shoes, took her to the movies, and got her home nice and early.
- Frankie Avalon
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
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Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
- Martin Scorsese
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It's the story that counts.
- Vincente Minnelli
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Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.
- Cecil B. DeMille
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And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
- Brian De Palma
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Stand-up keeps you on your toes because it's instant. With TV and movies, you have to wait for the numbers to come in to see what happened at the box office. With stand-up, it's right there, that night, in your face.
- Mo'Nique
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'Cloverfield' and 'REC' are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective. It gives you a whole new take and helps you re-experience that all over again.
- Adam Wingard
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'Boy' is one of my top-five favorite movies of all time.
- Wyatt Russell
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It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others.
- Blair Underwood
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I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.
- Grace Poe
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While doing movies, I enjoyed every bit of it - the ambience, my co-stars, my roles, the art of getting under the skin of a character, everything.
- Pooja Bedi
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Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.
- Noah Baumbach
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There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.
- Chloe Sevigny
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I love being at home! We travel a lot so I really enjoy being at home, having a lazy day on the couch, watch a couple of movies, meet friends, cook dinner, go to the cinema, play tennis.
- Nico Hulkenberg
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For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.
- Jay Baruchel
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If you're fighting with your boyfriend, you can go to the movies and cry it out and leave happy because the ending of the film is happy.
- Lindsay Lohan
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I grew up above a video store. My dad had an account with them and... he was very busy and had his own life. So I just would watch movies nonstop.
- Julia Fox
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
- Samuel L. Jackson
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I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
- Matthew Vaughn
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Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.
- Brittany Snow
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If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny.
- Michael Keaton
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I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States.
- Andrew Lau
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I think about growing up back in Philly. It was about friendship with the guys and having a distant crush on some gal. And when you finally got the nerve to take her out on a date, you went to her parents' house with a shine on your shoes, took her to the movies, and got her home nice and early.
- Frankie Avalon
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
- Martin Scorsese
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's the story that counts.
- Vincente Minnelli
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Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.
- Cecil B. DeMille
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And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
- Brian De Palma
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Stand-up keeps you on your toes because it's instant. With TV and movies, you have to wait for the numbers to come in to see what happened at the box office. With stand-up, it's right there, that night, in your face.
- Mo'Nique
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Cloverfield' and 'REC' are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective. It gives you a whole new take and helps you re-experience that all over again.
- Adam Wingard
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Boy' is one of my top-five favorite movies of all time.
- Wyatt Russell
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others.
- Blair Underwood
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.
- Grace Poe
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
While doing movies, I enjoyed every bit of it - the ambience, my co-stars, my roles, the art of getting under the skin of a character, everything.
- Pooja Bedi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.
- Noah Baumbach
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.
- Chloe Sevigny
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I love being at home! We travel a lot so I really enjoy being at home, having a lazy day on the couch, watch a couple of movies, meet friends, cook dinner, go to the cinema, play tennis.
- Nico Hulkenberg
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.
- Jay Baruchel
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If you're fighting with your boyfriend, you can go to the movies and cry it out and leave happy because the ending of the film is happy.
- Lindsay Lohan
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I grew up above a video store. My dad had an account with them and... he was very busy and had his own life. So I just would watch movies nonstop.
- Julia Fox
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
- Samuel L. Jackson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
- Matthew Vaughn
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.
- Brittany Snow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny.
- Michael Keaton
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I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States.
- Andrew Lau
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think about growing up back in Philly. It was about friendship with the guys and having a distant crush on some gal. And when you finally got the nerve to take her out on a date, you went to her parents' house with a shine on your shoes, took her to the movies, and got her home nice and early.
- Frankie Avalon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
- Martin Scorsese
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's the story that counts.
- Vincente Minnelli
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.
- Cecil B. DeMille
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
- Brian De Palma
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