“Centuries from now our great-great-great-grandchildren will look back at us with amazement at how we could allow such a precious achievement of human culture as the telling of a story to be shattered into smithereens by commercials, the same amazement we feel today when we look at our ancestors for whom slavery, capital punishment, burning of witches, and the inquisition were acceptable everyday events.” FeelsHumansLooksStoriesTodayFilmCultureCenturyEventsAchievementHollywoodSlaveryEverydayPunishmentBurningWitchAncestorAcceptableGrandchildrenShatteredAmazementCapital PunishmentInquisitionGreat Grandchildren Author:Werner Herzog
“Films and life are like clay, waiting for us to mold it. And when you trust your own insides and that becomes achievement, it's a kind of principle that seems to me is at work with everyone. God bless that principle. God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it.” IfsThinkingKindSeemsFilmWaitingPrinciplesAchievementDeserveBlessClayMoldGod Bless Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Girls get the message from very early on that what's most important is how they look, that their value, their worth depends on that. And boys get the message that this is what's important about girls. We get it from advertising. We get it from films. We get it from television shows, video games, everywhere we look. So no matter what else a woman does, no matter what else her achievements, their value still depends on how they look.” LooksDoeStillsImportantMatterShowsFilmValuesGirlGamesBoysTelevisionDependsAchievementMessagesNo Matter WhatVideoAdvertisingWhat's ImportantTelevision Shows Author:Jean Kilbourne
“I remember being cast in the first "Harry Potter" film and being quite amused, because I was imagining that someone who'd been acting since they'd been crawling would be cast. The faith and trust that they'd put into everyone actually enabled you to gain confidence back, in the sense of feeling that sense of achievement, which is incredibly hard when you're young.” FirstsHardFeelingsWould BeRememberFilmYoungActingAchievementGainsCastsHarry PotterPottersAmusedCrawlingGaining ConfidenceHarry Potter Film Author:Bonnie Wright
“We're losing film, especially in projection, we're losing a great achievement of civilization. A still image and darkness make up 50% of the experience. The still images become movement in your head. That's the magic of cinema.” StillsFilmDarknessMagicMovementCivilizationAchievementLosingCinemaProjectionGreat Achievement Author:Laszlo Nemes
“I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me. But my way into making movies has been through performing. My very first short film, I played a child and her own mother. So in some ways, to me, my great achievement so far is just that I've gotten all these other people to play the other parts. That's what makes it a real movie.” PeopleThinkingWritingChildrenRealCharacterFilmMotherAchievementMy WayPerformingShort StoryGreat AchievementShort Films Author:Miranda July
“[When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award] I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat (Patricia Hitchcock), and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville.” PeopleFirstsFilmMotherNamesGivenAcceptingFourFineAchievementDaughterThirdsMiracleEncouragementConstantAffectionAppreciationCooksKitchenMy DaughterAwardsEditorsCollaborationFourthPermissionInstituteHitchcockAmerican Film Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it. You shoot a film, and the result could have always been better. You try again, and fail once more. In some ways I find it enjoyable. You never lose sight of your goal. I don’t do my job to make money or to break box office records, I simply try things out. What would happen if I were to achieve perfection at some point? What would I do then?” IfsWayTryingSeemsHappensJobsFilmArtistGoalLosesResultsBreakRecordsFailingAchieveOfficeAchievementPerfectionUltimateSightStriveBoxesMaking MoneyEnjoyableTry AgainBox Office Author:Woody Allen
“To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all works as a piece. And you feel that these actors are in this situation and the audience is not thrown by a pretty picture or by bad lighting.” IfsFeelsFilmActorsSituationAudiencePiecesAchievementPhotographyThrownStanding OutLightingPretty Picture Author:Roger Deakins
“The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages.” WorldWritingMadeWarEndsStatesHomeFilmUnitedEffortUnited StatesAchievementVariousAidsSecureWar Of The WorldsMassiveEnd Of The WorldPackagesTreatiesDominanceSecond World WarClauses Book:Valences of the Dialectic Source: Valences of the Dialectic