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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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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
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I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all.
- Jason Reynolds
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
- Orlando Bloom
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I've done all the table reads for Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for all the pirate movies, because he's just been doing other stuff, and I just love the whole Jack Sparrow thing he's got going on; it is just genius, and I just think he has so much fun with it.
- Owain Yeoman
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People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.
- Michael Lynton
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Sincerity with innocence, though cute, though it makes good movies, makes for very bad government.
- Michael Capuano
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I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.
- Adam Sandler
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'Beverly Hills Cop' opened up a whole world. I got the television show and movies, and I would go sign autographs for one hour and get paid $25,000.
- Bronson Pinchot
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I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.
- Justin Timberlake
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I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
- Tabatha Coffey
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In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.
- Rosie Perez
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You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
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I don't see my movies. When you ask me about one of my movies, it just goes in my memory because maybe sometimes I confuse one for another. I think all movies are like sequences, which is the body of my work.
- Bernardo Bertolucci
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With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it's always the imperfection I'm always more attracted to.
- Adam Driver
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I've always had the same principle for choosing roles, which is to try and make movies that I would pay to see. As I get older, that's meant different things.
- Scarlett Johansson
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I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.
- Roman Polanski
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I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.
- Jason Aldean
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The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.
- Annette Bening
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I was directing as a kid in movies, and that was always my strongest interest. When I was under contract at Universal, I conned an editing room out of them and spent my money to rent a camera and shoot film and make some movies.
- Tim Matheson
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Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special. You don't have to get cancer to start living life to the fullest. My post-cancer philosophy? No wasted time. No ugly clothes. No boring movies.
- Regina Brett
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I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for the love of acting!
- Ajith Kumar
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A woman wants to be romanced. She wants to be an essential part of a great adventure; she wants a beauty to unveil. That is what little girls play at, and those are the movies women love and the stories that they love.
- John Eldredge
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My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
- Martin Scorsese
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You can even express movies and poetry using video games. For those reasons, I've decided to create stories through video games.
- Yoko Taro
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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all.
- Jason Reynolds
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
- Orlando Bloom
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I've done all the table reads for Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for all the pirate movies, because he's just been doing other stuff, and I just love the whole Jack Sparrow thing he's got going on; it is just genius, and I just think he has so much fun with it.
- Owain Yeoman
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People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.
- Michael Lynton
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Sincerity with innocence, though cute, though it makes good movies, makes for very bad government.
- Michael Capuano
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I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.
- Adam Sandler
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'Beverly Hills Cop' opened up a whole world. I got the television show and movies, and I would go sign autographs for one hour and get paid $25,000.
- Bronson Pinchot
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I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.
- Justin Timberlake
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I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
- Tabatha Coffey
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In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.
- Rosie Perez
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You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
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I don't see my movies. When you ask me about one of my movies, it just goes in my memory because maybe sometimes I confuse one for another. I think all movies are like sequences, which is the body of my work.
- Bernardo Bertolucci
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With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it's always the imperfection I'm always more attracted to.
- Adam Driver
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I've always had the same principle for choosing roles, which is to try and make movies that I would pay to see. As I get older, that's meant different things.
- Scarlett Johansson
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I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.
- Roman Polanski
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I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.
- Jason Aldean
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The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.
- Annette Bening
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I was directing as a kid in movies, and that was always my strongest interest. When I was under contract at Universal, I conned an editing room out of them and spent my money to rent a camera and shoot film and make some movies.
- Tim Matheson
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Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special. You don't have to get cancer to start living life to the fullest. My post-cancer philosophy? No wasted time. No ugly clothes. No boring movies.
- Regina Brett
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I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for the love of acting!
- Ajith Kumar
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A woman wants to be romanced. She wants to be an essential part of a great adventure; she wants a beauty to unveil. That is what little girls play at, and those are the movies women love and the stories that they love.
- John Eldredge
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My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
- Martin Scorsese
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You can even express movies and poetry using video games. For those reasons, I've decided to create stories through video games.
- Yoko Taro
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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all.
- Jason Reynolds
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
- Orlando Bloom
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've done all the table reads for Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for all the pirate movies, because he's just been doing other stuff, and I just love the whole Jack Sparrow thing he's got going on; it is just genius, and I just think he has so much fun with it.
- Owain Yeoman
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.
- Michael Lynton
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sincerity with innocence, though cute, though it makes good movies, makes for very bad government.
- Michael Capuano
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.
- Adam Sandler
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Beverly Hills Cop' opened up a whole world. I got the television show and movies, and I would go sign autographs for one hour and get paid $25,000.
- Bronson Pinchot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.
- Justin Timberlake
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
- Tabatha Coffey
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.
- Rosie Perez
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don't see my movies. When you ask me about one of my movies, it just goes in my memory because maybe sometimes I confuse one for another. I think all movies are like sequences, which is the body of my work.
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it's always the imperfection I'm always more attracted to.
- Adam Driver
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've always had the same principle for choosing roles, which is to try and make movies that I would pay to see. As I get older, that's meant different things.
- Scarlett Johansson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.
- Roman Polanski
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.
- Jason Aldean
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.
- Annette Bening
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was directing as a kid in movies, and that was always my strongest interest. When I was under contract at Universal, I conned an editing room out of them and spent my money to rent a camera and shoot film and make some movies.
- Tim Matheson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special. You don't have to get cancer to start living life to the fullest. My post-cancer philosophy? No wasted time. No ugly clothes. No boring movies.
- Regina Brett
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for the love of acting!
- Ajith Kumar
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A woman wants to be romanced. She wants to be an essential part of a great adventure; she wants a beauty to unveil. That is what little girls play at, and those are the movies women love and the stories that they love.
- John Eldredge
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
- Martin Scorsese
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You can even express movies and poetry using video games. For those reasons, I've decided to create stories through video games.
- Yoko Taro
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