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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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The best adaptations are the ones that really excavate the material. The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing and put it into a story.
- Scott Rudin
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All my movies are copies of Hollywood, some of them pretty trashy copies. All filmmakers copy from Hollywood.
- Ram Gopal Varma
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In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.
- Brian Cox
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One of my favorite movies is 'Some Like It Hot,' which isn't really a musical, but I'm just such a sucker for old movies. I wouldn't want to ever tarnish one of them, or do a spot-on remake, but just do something light like that where I get to glide across the floor. I would be a very happy camper.
- Dash Mihok
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There are certain sounds that have a loaded past. Like the sound of a harp, if you go back to old movies, represents a dream sequence; it transports you there.
- Washed Out
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El Santo's movies were kind of out there, but Mil Mascaras did the more reality-based type sci-fi movies. You could say he was one of the first to open the notion for those that subscribe to the mentality that this is sports-entertainment.
- Rey Mysterio
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In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
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The movies I like watching the most are these sort of cinema verite, handheld films where you really get gritty with people. But I also have this strange affinity for old Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies and things that sort of pop out where you see the frames, where you have these 2D animation moments and split-screens and things like that.
- James Gunn
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I once went on a date where the girl drove and so couldn't drink. I was nervous, so drank quite a bit - it didn't end amazingly. As much as I love movies, I think cinema dates can be weird because you essentially sit next to each other in silence for a couple of hours.
- Dan Smith
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I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see - you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location.
- Bob Balaban
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People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.
- Danny Boyle
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I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film Society, to just being in a film world. It's a life that I wanted to inhabit. I think everyone has the opportunity to do that in this world - it's just, are you gonna work for it, and how much does it mean to you?
- Richard Linklater
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
- M. Night Shyamalan
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It is the creature that stands at the center of horror movies, not those who have made it their business to bring the beast down. We're all the same.
- Clive Barker
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I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.
- Mark Hamill
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Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and it sometimes takes up to 3 months to film one movie. Sometimes you'll spend half the day filming one scene. TV moves much faster. It takes about 10 days to film an episode.
- Chad Lindberg
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Who isn't a fan of Tom Cruise? He has been in so many amazing movies.
- Cobie Smulders
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One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.
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You know it yourself; the comic books are one thing and the movies are another thing. You dont always keep it the same.
- Florian Munteanu
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It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
- Orlando Bloom
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There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.
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I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it.
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I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't.
- Parker Posey
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The best adaptations are the ones that really excavate the material. The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing and put it into a story.
- Scott Rudin
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All my movies are copies of Hollywood, some of them pretty trashy copies. All filmmakers copy from Hollywood.
- Ram Gopal Varma
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In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.
- Brian Cox
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One of my favorite movies is 'Some Like It Hot,' which isn't really a musical, but I'm just such a sucker for old movies. I wouldn't want to ever tarnish one of them, or do a spot-on remake, but just do something light like that where I get to glide across the floor. I would be a very happy camper.
- Dash Mihok
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There are certain sounds that have a loaded past. Like the sound of a harp, if you go back to old movies, represents a dream sequence; it transports you there.
- Washed Out
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El Santo's movies were kind of out there, but Mil Mascaras did the more reality-based type sci-fi movies. You could say he was one of the first to open the notion for those that subscribe to the mentality that this is sports-entertainment.
- Rey Mysterio
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In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The movies I like watching the most are these sort of cinema verite, handheld films where you really get gritty with people. But I also have this strange affinity for old Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies and things that sort of pop out where you see the frames, where you have these 2D animation moments and split-screens and things like that.
- James Gunn
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I once went on a date where the girl drove and so couldn't drink. I was nervous, so drank quite a bit - it didn't end amazingly. As much as I love movies, I think cinema dates can be weird because you essentially sit next to each other in silence for a couple of hours.
- Dan Smith
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I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see - you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location.
- Bob Balaban
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People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.
- Danny Boyle
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I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film Society, to just being in a film world. It's a life that I wanted to inhabit. I think everyone has the opportunity to do that in this world - it's just, are you gonna work for it, and how much does it mean to you?
- Richard Linklater
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
- M. Night Shyamalan
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It is the creature that stands at the center of horror movies, not those who have made it their business to bring the beast down. We're all the same.
- Clive Barker
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I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.
- Mark Hamill
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Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and it sometimes takes up to 3 months to film one movie. Sometimes you'll spend half the day filming one scene. TV moves much faster. It takes about 10 days to film an episode.
- Chad Lindberg
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Who isn't a fan of Tom Cruise? He has been in so many amazing movies.
- Cobie Smulders
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One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You know it yourself; the comic books are one thing and the movies are another thing. You dont always keep it the same.
- Florian Munteanu
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It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
- Orlando Bloom
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There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't.
- Parker Posey
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The best adaptations are the ones that really excavate the material. The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing and put it into a story.
- Scott Rudin
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
All my movies are copies of Hollywood, some of them pretty trashy copies. All filmmakers copy from Hollywood.
- Ram Gopal Varma
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.
- Brian Cox
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One of my favorite movies is 'Some Like It Hot,' which isn't really a musical, but I'm just such a sucker for old movies. I wouldn't want to ever tarnish one of them, or do a spot-on remake, but just do something light like that where I get to glide across the floor. I would be a very happy camper.
- Dash Mihok
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There are certain sounds that have a loaded past. Like the sound of a harp, if you go back to old movies, represents a dream sequence; it transports you there.
- Washed Out
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El Santo's movies were kind of out there, but Mil Mascaras did the more reality-based type sci-fi movies. You could say he was one of the first to open the notion for those that subscribe to the mentality that this is sports-entertainment.
- Rey Mysterio
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In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The movies I like watching the most are these sort of cinema verite, handheld films where you really get gritty with people. But I also have this strange affinity for old Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies and things that sort of pop out where you see the frames, where you have these 2D animation moments and split-screens and things like that.
- James Gunn
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I once went on a date where the girl drove and so couldn't drink. I was nervous, so drank quite a bit - it didn't end amazingly. As much as I love movies, I think cinema dates can be weird because you essentially sit next to each other in silence for a couple of hours.
- Dan Smith
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I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see - you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location.
- Bob Balaban
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People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.
- Danny Boyle
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I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film Society, to just being in a film world. It's a life that I wanted to inhabit. I think everyone has the opportunity to do that in this world - it's just, are you gonna work for it, and how much does it mean to you?
- Richard Linklater
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
- M. Night Shyamalan
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It is the creature that stands at the center of horror movies, not those who have made it their business to bring the beast down. We're all the same.
- Clive Barker
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I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.
- Mark Hamill
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Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and it sometimes takes up to 3 months to film one movie. Sometimes you'll spend half the day filming one scene. TV moves much faster. It takes about 10 days to film an episode.
- Chad Lindberg
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Who isn't a fan of Tom Cruise? He has been in so many amazing movies.
- Cobie Smulders
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You know it yourself; the comic books are one thing and the movies are another thing. You dont always keep it the same.
- Florian Munteanu
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It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
- Orlando Bloom
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There's no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television's much better than movies.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't going to be exactly like my novel because a lot of other people have interpreted it. But I also know it has an idea that I'll like because that idea occurred to me, and I spent a year, or a year and a half of my life working on it.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wonder if people who see 'Blade' will have even seen my other movies. But I don't want all my movies to be in a vacuum. I need a balance because one pays, and the other doesn't.
- Parker Posey
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