“I saw The Sound of Music again recently, and I loved it. Probably it's a more valuable film now than when it first came out, because some of the things it stood for have already disappeared. There's a kind of naive loveliness about it, and love goes by so fast ... love and music and happiness and family, that's what it's all about. I believe in these things. It would be awful not to, wouldn't it?” FirstsBelieveKindWould BeFilmI BelieveSoundSawsAnd LoveI Believe InValuableAwfulNaiveLovelinessSound Of MusicMusic And Love Author:Julie Andrews
“I've done a number of films. I've been around this. I think the biggest challenge is just getting the script right, the way that you want the script to be. It's really about capturing the complexity of emotions and creating the kind of characters that people will want to watch every week.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindDoneCharacterFilmChallengesNumbersEmotionWatchesWeekCreatingScriptsComplexity Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I love seeing the Oscar films and epic dramas. But I'd rather watch a romantic comedy than any other kind of movie. There's something about movies like these that make you feel so good and happy and that you want to live in that world -- to be that girl and be part of the fairy tale. I have always believed in fairy tales.” WorldWantFeelsKindFilmGirlWatchesComedySeeingDramaTalesFairyFairy TaleOscarsEpicAlways BelieveThat Girl Author:Jennifer Lopez
“It's mind-boggling to consider that movies this bad are actually committed to film. The poor quality of The Pest in almost every category - humor, intelligence, creativity, and just plain entertainment value - ranks it somewhere between a bad infomercial and a local cable newscast. Rarely do I consider the act of seeing a movie to be a chore, but this kind of experience is the exception.” MindKindFilmValuesPoorQualityCreativitySeeingCommittedEntertainmentLocalsExceptionCategoriesCablesChoresPestsMind BogglingPoor QualityInfomercials Author:James Berardinelli
“Dividing everybody into genders and sexuality and races and religions, and I think its important to have films out there, to have discussions out there which really try to get to grips with where that kind of thing can lead.” ThinkingTryingKindImportantFilmRaceGenderSexualityDiscussionDividingRace And ReligionGender And Sexuality Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“Typical horror movies of the 1930s were often given a period setting in what looked like a kind of stylized 19th century... the sense of 'elsewhen', of distance, lent to many of these movies by their settings. They exist, as it were, in a 19th century of the mind.” MindKindFilmGivenCenturyPeriodsHorrorHollywoodDistanceSettingSettingsTypical19th Century1930s Author:Andrew Tudor
“I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. It's more instinctive rather than anything else. I don't do the calculated rehearsed kind of approach, and I hope that I can continue that because I believe that instinct is much stronger and greater when you are performing on camera.” BelieveKindI CanUseFilmActorsI BelieveEnjoyGreaterApproachStrongerCamerasInstinctTechniquePerforming Author:Amitabh Bachchan
“Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The Ghost of That Character kind of haunt the movie in a way throughout, by having Raquel look so much like her. And also, it was sort of serendipity. I mean, she was also the best actress. I mean, as you can see Raquel has a pretty appealing, engaging kind of precocious, sparkly quality that's... it was just luck really that she happened to the film.” WayFirstsLooksKindMeanIdeasCharacterWantedFilmQualityHappenedLuckCastsActressesGhostEngagingLike HerSerendipityKevinPrecocious Author:Ben Affleck
“I mean I like most of the films that I've seen that I've been in. Those are the kind of films that I like to see. Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts. Does that make any sense?” ThinkingWellsKindMeanDoeMightFilmChoicesReadingScriptsGet BetterMaking Choices Author:Benicio Del Toro
“Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It's kind of a more of a comedic-actiony film. And then we just started Ocean's [12] Monday. Or I did anyways.” KindFilmOceanMondayComedic Author:Brad Pitt
“Well I'm Superman, just not action. I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening. I also have a film that's premiering Vegas Film Festival, short film, directed by Joel Kelly, it's called Denial and it's a story, short film, 35 mm short film and it's about a man's struggle to choose between the woman of his dreams and his reality, so it's definitely different than Superman. So I'm really proud of that.” MenWellsKindDifferentStoriesDreamRealityActionFilmTalkingStruggleListeningProudDenialFestivalsVegasShort FilmsFilm FestivalsTalking And Listening Author:Brandon Routh
“I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.” WantKindStoriesFilmActorsDirectorsMovie Love Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or melody that would go with a film, or a particular period. It's not brain surgery, you just kind of feel it along.” FeelsKindFilmSoundBrainParticularPeriodsSittingDown AndMelodySurgerySitting DownBrain Surgery Author:Clint Eastwood
“The rules that I adhere to are the rules of minimalism. And those rules kind of force writing to be more filmic... to have the immediacy and accessibility of film so that the reader really has to fill in a lot of the details.” WritingKindFilmForceReaderDetailsMinimalismAccessibilityImmediacy Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“New York is my home and I have a particular fondness for it. I think it's a place where you can generate any kind of story wonderfully. But I also would be very happy to make a film in Paris or Rome.” ThinkingKindStoriesHomeWould BeFilmNew YorkParticularParisRomeVery HappyFondness Author:Woody Allen
“The fun of being a supervisor is that you kind of get to shape the film as a whole rather than crafting a complete scene. I can't really think of one in particular that I feel like I own, except for a couple shots that I animated, which is fun. But feeling like you contributed to the whole is the most satisfying thing.” ThinkingFeelsKindI CanWholeFeelingsFilmFunParticularLike YouCoupleSceneShapesShotsSatisfyingAnimatedSupervisors Author:Victor Navone
“If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a kind of stupidity, a mule-like stupidity, is what you really need.” IfsWantNeedsKindFilmUniqueSkinsStupidityThickStaminaMulesThick Skin Author:Terry Gilliam
“The acting bug just seemed to stick with me. I loved going to theatre school in college and continued to train in film classes and had been auditioning for T.V. and movie roles since I was in my late teens. My career has been slow and steady, and I kind of like it that way.” WayKindHas BeensSchoolFilmActingClassCareersRolesCollegeLateTrainSticksTheatreSteadyTeensBugsSlow And Steady Author:Laura Mennell
“I love all kinds of movies. I love a really good comedy and not the cheesy ones. My parents hate this, but I love horror films. Those are my favorite, and of course, dramatic roles. Im really drawn to those as well. All different genres.” WellsKindDifferentFilmHateCoursesParentRolesComedyHorrorMy FavoriteAll KindsGenreDramaticCheesyHorror FilmDifferent Genres Author:Liana Liberato
“There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.” WantKindFilmDirectorsAll Kinds Author:Boyd Holbrook
“My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.” FirstsKindRealJobsFilmActorsActingBritishStormAgentsDamage Author:Ashley Madekwe
“I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting.” PeopleThinkingWayKindMayArtDifferentFilmInterestingOpinionSuccessfulDialogueDifferent WaysMost Interesting Author:Lily Cole
“You have to have a very strong cash flow for a film to really stay in theaters. You have to have the advertising capacity to sustain and follow the kind of press coverage.” KindFilmStrongCapacityFlowTheaterPressesAdvertisingCashVery StrongCoverageCash Flow Author:Haile Gerima
“It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook up with people, engage people intellectually about your passion and the kinds of films that interest you, and sooner or later you find people that have the same affinity that you have.” PeopleKindStoriesFilmPassionInterestWillingExpectedFilmmakerSooner Or LaterHookFestivalsAffinityHook Up Author:Haile Gerima
“You have to be willing to put everything you've got towards the project. That to me is very important. And it may not be part of the fad, being the clichéd kind of film that's going to be successful.” KindMayImportantFilmSuccessfulWillingProjectsBeing SuccessfulFads Author:Haile Gerima
“There has to be consistent emergence of two or three films - narratively, stylistically, consistently demonstrating you are here to go on. And on that kind of basis, I'm not seeing much. I'm just waiting to see.” KindTwoFilmThreeWaitingSeeingGoes OnBasesConsistentConsistentlyEmergenceDemonstrating Author:Haile Gerima
“You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.” WayKindSometimesCharacterFilmSongWatchesMusic IsBackgroundsConventionalBackground Music Author:Wes Anderson
“There are always tons of names on a movie of people that didn't actually do anything on that film. I feel bad for the people that busted their ass because they get the same credit as someone who did nothing. It's kind of a weird thing.” PeopleFeelsKindFilmNamesCreditAssWeird ThingsBusted Author:Rob Zombie
“What I try to do is make sure that the directors I'm working with are on the same page and want to do the same kind of films. You can really protect yourself as an actor if you work with really good people. It can hide a lot of flaws along the way.” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingKindFilmActorsDirectorsProtectPagesFlawsGood PeopleProtect Yourself Author:George Clooney
“The motion picture is like journalism in that, more than any of the other arts, it confers celebrity. Not just on people - on acts, and objects, and places, and ways of life. The camera brings a kind of stardom to them all. I therefore doubt that film can ever argue effectively against its own material: that a genuine antiwar film, say, can be made on the basis of even the ugliest battle scenes ... No matter what filmmakers intend, film always argues yes.” PeopleWayKindArtMadeMatterFilmDoubtObjectsMaterialsSceneBattleBasesCamerasNo Matter WhatArguingGenuineJournalismFilmmakerMovieAntiwarMotion PicturesStardom Author:Renata Adler
“I can remember soundtracks that you just can't separate from the film - It's just so intertwined, so important. Like the Hitchcock ones where they kind of inform each other and become this larger thing as a result.” KindI CanImportantRememberFilmResultsSoundtracksHitchcockIntertwined Author:Jonny Greenwood
“When industry people see something different they don't know what to do with it, so filmmakers who make films about women, they kind of fall through the cracks. If a woman filmmaker makes film about war, like [Kathryn] Bigelow, they say "Okay, this is a war film, it has ninety percent men in it, we know what to do with it." But then she still gets attacked for not doing it properly. [...] But even though it bothers me I don't want to dwell on the sex and gender thing.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWantKindStillsDifferentWarFilmFallSexIndustryPercentOkayGenderBotherFilmmakerCracksNinetySex And Gender Author:Signe Baumane
“I grew up loving action movies and films that were set in supernatural, unimaginable places. So I take being a woman in the film industry who is able to do action movies very seriously because I'm making the kind of movies that I wanted to watch as I was a kid and that inspired me and are the reason as to why I am here.” KindReasonKidsAbleActionWantedFilmWatchesGrewIndustryGrew UpInspiredBeing A WomanFilm IndustryUnimaginableAction Movie Author:Zoe Saldana
“I approach the film business the way I feel about self-esteem. It's something that has to be maintained. That's kind of how I feel about positive roles in Hollywood. They have to be maintained. You have to purposefully, intentionally try to make the right type of films. And the more people that do that, the more things will continue to improve.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingKindSelfFilmRolesSelf EsteemTypeApproachHollywoodEsteem Author:Queen Latifah
“As a filmmaker, I love the medium. I have a great affection for it and I've been lucky enough to do all different kinds of films. The greatest part of the success I've had comes from horror. I love the idea of mixing humor and horror and to me, it's all a giggle.” KindIdeasDifferentEnoughFilmHorrorLuckyAffectionMediumsFilmmakerDifferent KindsMixingGiggle Author:George A. Romero
“I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.” WorldKindDifferentFilmLandTvsTheatreDifferent Experiences Author:T. J. Thyne
“What's kind of wonderful about being the voice in an animated film is you're a small part of an enormous production. And in a way, you get to remain a little bit objective.” WayKindLittlesFilmBitsVoiceWonderfulLittle BitProductionsEnormousObjectivesAnimatedSmall PartsAnimated Films Author:America Ferrera
“I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.” FeelsKindMadeDifferentSchoolPastFilmCareersComedyCoupleDramaBunchDifferent KindsMy PastFilm School Author:Adam Shankman
“There are movies that I love tonally, that I would love to emulate. Anything from Wes Anderson or the Coen brothers is right in my wheelhouse, as something that I would aspire to. I love that kind of indie, fun, colorful, funny, sweet, heartfelt but dark film.” KindFilmFunDarkSweetBrotherAspireHeartfeltColorfulEmulateCoen Brothers Author:Sam Huntington
“If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.” IfsKindPersonsFilmGamesFootballStructureWorkout Author:Robert Griffin III
“I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.” KindRealityFilmAcceptingReturnCamerasInterpretation Author:Bernardo Bertolucci
“While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing.” BelieveKindFilmI BelieveGoalStepsConscienceJuiceSpectatorsFacets Author:Sidney Lumet
“I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not my kind of directing. But I thought it was a real literary work.” ThinkingKindRealFilmPiecesTelevisionPerformancesDialogueEnjoyedLiterary Works Author:Peter Weir
“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
“I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind.” KindFilmCertainActorsIllusion Author:Stephen Fry
“A film star is a kind of public monument, and everyone's staring at them, and they've kind of got railings around them, and they're rather miserable most of the time.” KindFilmStarsMiserableStaringMonumentFilm Stars Author:Stephen Fry
“I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.” IfsKindFilmMaterialsEssentialsScriptsAll KindsGenreFixedFilmmaker Author:Jason Statham
“It's hard to predict what kinds of people are going to enjoy it [film]. And what people ain't. That's the movies. You never know.” PeopleKnowsKindHardFilmEnjoy Author:Jason Statham
“When you meet people that you know from other films - as often happens to me, and as tends to happens to you when you're an actor, you constantly meet people that you've seen in other films. But when it's people who've kind of had a seismic effect on your life, it's quite extraordinary.” PeopleKnowsKindHappensFilmActorsEffectsExtraordinary Author:Simon Pegg
“I like to work in films, but I'd love to work in the technical side of film. I'd love to work with, say, Greg Nicotero [The Walking Dead] in kind of, like, special makeup effects. I'd probably say, "Good with clay and latex." Although I don't know what kind of job that'd get me.” KnowsKindJobsFilmSidesSpecialEffectsWalkingMakeupClayWalking DeadLatex Author:Simon Pegg