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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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My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.
- Stanley Tucci
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Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
- Roman Polanski
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Filmmaking can be a fine art.
- Terri Windling
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I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.
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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
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Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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Movies are like magic tricks.
- Jeff Bridges
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I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was shot right on the spot - on the air, as we say - at the moment we were transmitting. I prefer to be open to what the actors do, how they interact to the given situation.
- Arthur Penn
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When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.
- Sydney Pollack
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'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi.
- Jerry Orbach
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
- Yahoo Serious
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I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.
- Imogen Poots
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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
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I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.
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Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.
- Dick Van Dyke
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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I lost my front tooth in rugby league when a fat guy from Bellevue Hill kicked me in the face as I got up from a tackle to mark him. I made this decision not to cap the tooth because I thought it was false. But I didn't make any movies as a teenager, and I had a very hard time with girls and stuff.
- Russell Crowe
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I try to watch a movie a day, if not more, and through movies, I learned about so many different political themes I hadn't been interested in and cultural things I hadn't been aware of and economic factors I hadn't thought about.
- Hideo Kojima
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Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.
- Julia Roberts
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My personal feeling is that ultra-high frame rates and ultra-vivid giant screen movies can be like a window onto reality. And if you recognize it as such, you can write your screenplay, direct your movie, edit it, and present it as a live experience - not like a movie.
- Douglas Trumbull
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Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.
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There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'.
- L. Ron Hubbard
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I have more fun talking about other movies than talking about my own.
- Ari Aster
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My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.
- Stanley Tucci
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Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
- Roman Polanski
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Filmmaking can be a fine art.
- Terri Windling
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I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.
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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
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Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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Movies are like magic tricks.
- Jeff Bridges
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I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was shot right on the spot - on the air, as we say - at the moment we were transmitting. I prefer to be open to what the actors do, how they interact to the given situation.
- Arthur Penn
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When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.
- Sydney Pollack
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'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi.
- Jerry Orbach
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
- Yahoo Serious
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I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.
- Imogen Poots
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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
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I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.
- Dick Van Dyke
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I lost my front tooth in rugby league when a fat guy from Bellevue Hill kicked me in the face as I got up from a tackle to mark him. I made this decision not to cap the tooth because I thought it was false. But I didn't make any movies as a teenager, and I had a very hard time with girls and stuff.
- Russell Crowe
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I try to watch a movie a day, if not more, and through movies, I learned about so many different political themes I hadn't been interested in and cultural things I hadn't been aware of and economic factors I hadn't thought about.
- Hideo Kojima
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Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.
- Julia Roberts
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My personal feeling is that ultra-high frame rates and ultra-vivid giant screen movies can be like a window onto reality. And if you recognize it as such, you can write your screenplay, direct your movie, edit it, and present it as a live experience - not like a movie.
- Douglas Trumbull
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Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'.
- L. Ron Hubbard
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I have more fun talking about other movies than talking about my own.
- Ari Aster
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My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.
- Stanley Tucci
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Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
- Roman Polanski
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Filmmaking can be a fine art.
- Terri Windling
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies are like magic tricks.
- Jeff Bridges
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was shot right on the spot - on the air, as we say - at the moment we were transmitting. I prefer to be open to what the actors do, how they interact to the given situation.
- Arthur Penn
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.
- Sydney Pollack
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi.
- Jerry Orbach
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
- Yahoo Serious
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.
- Imogen Poots
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.
- Dick Van Dyke
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I lost my front tooth in rugby league when a fat guy from Bellevue Hill kicked me in the face as I got up from a tackle to mark him. I made this decision not to cap the tooth because I thought it was false. But I didn't make any movies as a teenager, and I had a very hard time with girls and stuff.
- Russell Crowe
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I try to watch a movie a day, if not more, and through movies, I learned about so many different political themes I hadn't been interested in and cultural things I hadn't been aware of and economic factors I hadn't thought about.
- Hideo Kojima
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.
- Julia Roberts
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My personal feeling is that ultra-high frame rates and ultra-vivid giant screen movies can be like a window onto reality. And if you recognize it as such, you can write your screenplay, direct your movie, edit it, and present it as a live experience - not like a movie.
- Douglas Trumbull
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Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'.
- L. Ron Hubbard
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I have more fun talking about other movies than talking about my own.
- Ari Aster
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