“In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.” WayStoriesFilmFoundHouseApproachProductionsOpeningStorytellingNonfictionAspireDecemberOpening Up Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I'm a fan of horrors. I love the ones that make you jump. My girlfriend hates it. I've been dating her for one-and-a-half years and I'm crazy about her, but she's terrified of horror films. Not the cute 'Will you hold me?' way, but she's weeping. With 'House of Wax,' we'll be sleeping and I'll go to the bathroom and she's sitting up waiting for me.” WayYearsFilmHateHouseWaitingSleepHalfCrazyFansHorrorSittingDatingCuteGirlfriendTerrifiedBathroomWeepingMy GirlfriendHorror FilmHold MeHalf A YearSitting Up Author:Jared Padalecki
“There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.” KindTwoHelpingFilmHouseRoomsFireFourDoorsFiguresDirectorsPlusLocks Author:Michael Pitt
“Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.” WorldArtCountryShowsFilmHouseHalfTownsClimateVery GoodSizeCinemaSmallestSwedenGood FilmsNorwaySmall Countries Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.” FilmHouseWaitingTelevisionPaintingTheaterTablesCoffeeRingsReachingServingSurvivingBrassWaiting Tables Author:Kate Walsh
“I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because entertainment is sort of where it's at.” ArtFilmHouseHollywoodEntertainmentThought ProvokingProvokingSnobBlockbuster Author:Ricky Gervais
“I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.” WantLongDifferentPlayFilmActorsHouseActingAudienceMaterialsTvsEmptySeriesIntentionTheatreDistinctionTv SeriesBlockbusterEmpty HousesMore The Merrier Author:Ian Mckellen
“It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when I didn't even know there was such a thing as editing. I thought you just shot the film and showed it. That's exactly what I did. I'm not that different 50 years later.” KnowsYearsDifferentFilmHouseParentBlackShotsShootingRoofEditingJacketsLeatherLeather Jackets Author:John Waters
“The thing with films is that you have to make something that will get people out of their houses, away from the TV set. You must touch people, say something. Otherwise, they'll stay at home.” PeopleHomeFilmHouseTvsStay At Home Author:Elia Kazan
“The demarcation between an art house film and an entertainer has blurred, only because a larger section of the audience has accepted such realistic films.” ArtFilmHouseAudienceAcceptedRealisticSectionsEntertainers Author:Arjun Rampal
“I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.” FilmHouseTerribleBuiltHollywoodAccountsTerrific Author:Michael Caine
“There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.” FilmHouseBlackWhiteHollywoodWhite House Author:Rupert Everett
“NYU Film School was the way to learn about film, to be exposed to film, to go to repertory houses, to be exposed to New York and see films. I would go to the library and see one, two or three movies a day.” WayTwoSchoolFilmThreeHouseNew YorkLibraryExposedFilm SchoolNyu Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“In terms of the films I make, I'm just more excited about it if I've written it. It's like living in a house that you've built rather than a rental.” IfsFilmHouseTermWrittenBuiltExcited Author:Frank Whaley