“It's hard for me to approach [a film] as a still image now that I know exactly what it takes to make a movie. I mean, I know what it takes to make a movie that lasts five minutes.” KnowsMeanStillsHardLastsFilmFiveMinutesApproachFive Minutes Author:Alex Prager
“The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know where their muscles need to be.” KnowsNeedsDifferentTogetherFilmRoomsTvsMuscles Author:M. Night Shyamalan
“I love the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end.” KnowsEndsFilmMiddleFinalityBeginning Middle And End Author:Elizabeth Banks
“I'd love to do a Paul Greengrass movie, or something like that, that's a character-driven action film. I'd like someone to make me go to the gym every day, and all that stuff. I don't know. Wherever the good characters are, I tend to try to get a job. It was nice because this was dipping my toe in the action genre. Maybe I might put my foot in, next time.” KnowsTryingCharacterMightActionJobsFilmNextStuffNiceFeetDrivenGenreGymNext TimeToesGood CharacterAction Films Author:Carey Mulligan
“I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so much. What I really miss about the theater is that in the end, it's yours to give. In television and film, it's yours to do and someone else's to take and someone else's to give. As much as I love television - the biggest luxury of all is to know that you have a job to go to - I do miss that connection and having that power over my own performance on stage.” KnowsGivingEndsPlayJobsFilmReadingActorsMy OwnStageMissingTelevisionConnectionsPerformancesTheaterLuxuryPathetic Author:Julianna Margulies
“I think there is also a certain degree of expectation that's set up by trailers, where even if you know what's going to happen in parts of the film based on the trailer, you almost anticipate and look forward to those moments based on having seen the trailer.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksMomentsHappensFilmCertainDegreesExpectationsAnticipateTrailers Author:Duncan Jones
“You know, in an ideal world, people would just be intrigued and go and see a film without knowing anything about it, because that's where you're going to have the most experience of a film, the biggest, the most revelation of a film. But at the same time, I think there are benefits of having seen a trailer where you actually look forward to seeing moments in a film knowing that they're coming up. I don't know which is better.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldLooksMomentsFilmKnowingSeeingBenefitsIdealsRevelationsIntriguedTrailersIdeal World Author:Duncan Jones
“There are things which need to be shown in the trailer in order to let the audience know what kind of film it is that they're going to be expecting to see.” KnowsNeedsKindFilmOrderAudienceExpectingTrailers Author:Duncan Jones
“Everyone wants to know what you want to work on and everyone wants to pitch you what they're working on. And that's just part of the process. And hopefully, at some point you find someone of like minds and you make a film.” KnowsWantMindFilmProcessWhat You WantHopefully Author:Duncan Jones
“I don't know that I necessarily feel more comfortable in the context of smaller films, but I tend to feel more comfortable more often than not with the material of smaller films.” KnowsFeelsFilmMaterialsComfortComfortable Author:Elijah Wood
“I am interested in the non-dramatic moments in life. I`m not at all attracted to making films that are about drama. A few years back, I saw a biopic about a famous American abstract expressionist artist. And you know what? It really horrified me.” KnowsYearsMomentsFilmArtistSawsDramaDramaticAbstract Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I don't mean to sound grandiose, but there's something universal that you tap into with films like Feast of July and Schindler's List. You know they aren't make-believe. They illustrate something about life. This is my major concern whenever I select a film” KnowsBelieveMeanFilmSoundMajorsConcernUniversalListsSelectJulyMake BelieveGrandioseSchindlerSchindler's List Author:Embeth Davidtz
“There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.” KnowsStoriesFilmRolesEffectsVisualsSupporting RolesVisual Effects Author:Ricky Gervais
“I think that people are going to find more interest in the human condition, especially with them being weaned on so much reality television. They want character driven stuff along with real violence. Cage fighting is very popular with the kids right now. They see and know what one punch can do to someone's face. You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantGivingHumansRealCharacterRealityKidsFilmFacesFightingStuffInterestCan DoFiveViolenceConditionsTelevisionRight NowHundredDrivenHuman ConditionCagesVery PopularReality Television Author:Dolph Lundgren
“In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience is seeing. But you can be acting your socks off on film, and then you see the movie, and the camera is on the other actor, or they've cut out the lines you thought were significant, or they've adjusted the plot. So much of it is out of your control.” KnowsFilmActorsLinesActingAudienceCuttingSeeingTheaterCamerasSignificantPlotSock Author:Susan Sarandon
“I'm able to lead my life as well as make a film. My wife and my friends and people around me know that I do tend to distance myself a little bit during the making of a film, but I have to, it's a natural part of the process for me because you are indulging in the headspace of somebody else, you are investing in the psychology of somebody else and you are becoming somebody else, and so there isn't enough room for you and that somebody else.” PeopleKnowsWellsLittlesEnoughAbleFilmBitsProcessNaturalRoomsPsychologyWifeBecomingLittle BitMy FriendsDistanceInvestingMy WifeDistance Myself Author:Guy Pearce
“Baz [Luhrmann] paid me one of the greatest compliments ever. I don't know him, really, but when I first met him I was congratulating him on ROMEO + JULIET - which I think is a wonderful adaptation - and he said, "Oh, well we couldn't have done it without your RICHARD III, which was an inspiration!" I've never quite checked up on the dates to see whether or if, in fact, we did our film before he did his.” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsWellsSaidDoneFactsInspirationFilmWonderfulMetsPaidComplimentAdaptationNever QuitJulietOh WellRomeo Juliet Author:Ian Mckellen
“I have a lot of regrets, of course I do. I should have taken that part; I should have maybe married that one, I don't know, but I didn't. So I am what I am and I'm pretty confident that I can break in. I think what I have to offer on film and on television is honest.” ThinkingKnowsShouldI CanFilmCoursesBreakTakenHonestTelevisionRegretOffersMarriedShould HaveBeing MarriedI Am What I Am Author:Courtney Love
“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
“You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good.” KnowsKindKidsFilmPhonesCellsCell Phone Author:John Waters
“TORONTO -- When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and studied his fellow passengers sitting in front of their personal TV sets. They were just having the greatest time, there was so much joy in their eyes, .. And I looked to see what they were watching. And it was all out-and-out comedies. So many people watching The Longest Yard. And I just got the feeling that, 'You know what? People just like to let it all go, and have a laugh'.” PeopleKnowsFeelingsEyeFilmJoyLaughingComedyFrontsTvsSittingFellowsFlyingPlanesYardsFestivalsPassengersTorontoAisleCameronFilm FestivalsHave A Laugh Author:Cameron Crowe
“Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is happening, something funny or something violent. And you know what? Sometimes we die of breast cancer or a broken heart. Things happen that are just not being explored cinematically. It’s time we reinvigorated that type of film.” PeopleKnowsHeartSometimesEnoughBigsHappensFilmDiesBlackSituationBrokenTypeLosingHappeningsCancerThings HappenViolentBreastsBlack PeopleLike SomethingBreast Cancer Author:Ava DuVernay
“Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.” KnowsWayArtFilmActingCollegeInvolvedPhotographyEconomicsStudiosShort Films Author:Brit Marling
“Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing that right now. So that's why everybody wants to do it. I mean if you're writing stuff like, you know, Fargo, or True Detective, or any of these things that are on, Breaking Bad, there are no rules in television.” IfsKnowsWantWritingMeanFilmStuffTelevisionLike YouRight NowLateIndependent80sDetectivesRenaissanceIndependent FilmFargo Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out, there was instant fame. I was just a kid from Sweden, I didn't know what was going on.” KnowsTryingFirstsKidsWantedFilmRolesFameInstantSweden Author:Dolph Lundgren
“I have to make a living, and I have been in a few films I wish I hadn't been in, but I don't know where things will lead me next, and that's exciting.” KnowsHas BeensFilmNextWishExcitingLeading Me Author:Kim Basinger
“You usually get one or the other, you get someone who knows how to tell a story but they don't necessarily know about light and camera and rhythm, or you get someone who can make beautiful images but they can't necessarily tell a great story. He does both and I think he's going to be one of the film-makers that our time is remembered for.” ThinkingKnowsDoeStoriesLightBeautifulFilmKnow HowMarkCamerasRhythmRememberedOur TimeMakersBeautiful Images Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after you have directed, you feel more comfortable delivering a performance. Because you know the real performance is put together in the editing room.” KnowsFeelsIdeasRealTogetherFilmRoomsActingSceneComfortablePerformancesInstanceNo IdeaEditorsEditingDelivering Author:Dolph Lundgren
“The most frustrating things is when you read something that has so much potential, but there are other little red flags where you think, I don't know that I would see eye-to-eye with the people making this film. And that is the worst environment to enter, and absolutely not worth the risk.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesEyeFilmEnvironmentRiskWorstRedFlagsFrustratingRed FlagsFrustrating Things Author:Anna Kendrick
“All things take time. A lot of my films still run on cable and are in video stores, and there's a whole generation that doesn't know who I am. So, it's a dichotomy. In some people's minds I may never grow up.” PeopleKnowsMindMayStillsWholeRunningFilmGrowsGrowing UpGenerationsAll ThingsStoresWho I AmVideoTake TimeCablesDichotomy Author:Robby Benson
“People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.” PeopleKnowsShouldFilmDirectorsCome UpShould IEditing Author:Steve Martin
“I like smaller films better. I don't know why. I think it's the intimacy and there's not this avalanche. It is an avalanche, but it's really myopic. It's really small.” ThinkingKnowsFilmIntimacyAvalanchesMyopic Author:Channing Tatum
“If I can still be successful making films and no-one will ever know me, then that would be great. Because we (actors) just like to do what we do. People who are doing it for fame, I don't know if they ever get really successful.” PeopleIfsKnowsStillsI CanWould BeFilmActorsSuccessfulFameBeing SuccessfulKnow MeGet Real Author:Channing Tatum
“The film language is still in development and the traditional dialogue is the biggest problem because nobody knows how to interpret it in 3D world.” KnowsWorldStillsProblemFilmLanguageKnow HowDevelopmentDialogueTraditionalNobody Knows Author:Timur Bekmambetov
“My most enjoyable movie going experiences have always been going to a movie theater, sitting there and the lights go down and a film comes on the screen that you don't know everything about, and you don't know every plot turn and every character movement that's going to happen.” KnowsCharacterLightHappensFilmTurnsMovementSittingTheaterDown AndScreensPlotEnjoyableMovie Theater Author:Christopher Nolan
“These types of films that are psychologically sort of dark at times, I find extremely exciting to do because there's always something to think about. There's nothing more boring than to show up on set and say a line and know that your character means exactly what they say. It's interesting to have an unreliable narrator in a film and that's what both of those films have been.” ThinkingKnowsMeanHas BeensCharacterShowsFilmLinesDarkInterestingTypeExcitingBoringUnreliableNarrators Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayMadeImportantHelpingShowsFilmImportant ThingsShow Business Author:Denzel Washington
“The problem with film is you never know when you're going to be able to make a film so you can't have people waiting around for you. Sometimes it's fun to work with the same people and work with new people and mix it up.” PeopleKnowsSometimesProblemAbleFilmFunWaitingWaiting Around Author:Tim Burton
“If I was to see any of my films now I would feel, oh god you know it's awful I could do that so much better now. Look at all the terrible things I did and all the mistakes and all the compromises and all the blunders I made, and it would be such a terrible experience for me to see them. So it's better that I put it out and move on to the next thing and make it history as quickly as possible.” IfsKnowsFeelsLooksMadeWould BeFilmMovingNextMistakeTerribleCompromiseAwfulTerrible ThingsBlundersBetter Now Author:Woody Allen
“When a film is reviled, you open a film and people say "Oh, it's the stupidest thing, it's the worst movie." You think: oh, nobody's going to ever speak to you again. But, it doesn't happen. Nobody cares. You know, they read it and they say "Oh, they hated your film." You care, at the time. But they don't. Nobody else cares.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHappensCareFilmSpeakWorstHatedYou AgainStupidestNobody CaresWorst Movie Author:Woody Allen
“I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesSchoolFilmActorsProcessActingHonestDirectorsBeing HonestFilm School Author:Matt Dillon
“Personally I don't think there's any real intrinsic difference between comic books, movies, theatre, novels. I know there's sure to be some differences of some sorts. I've worked on novels, films, and video games, and in an adaptation, I guess one of the issues is that I have to be in love with the thing I'm adapting before I do it. So that can cause a problem. You can be too scared of it. You could be too reverential. But at the same time you want to try to capture this thing that you're obsessed by. You're fixated for a reason. What's the reason? You try to get ahold of it.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingBookRealReasonProblemFilmGamesCausesDifferencesNovelIssuesScaredTheatreVideoComicObsessedCaptureComic BookAdaptationAdaptingMovie Theatre Author:Alex Garland
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.” PeopleKnowsWantWholeJobsRememberFilmUsedPassionEnergyCreativeRichDirectorsProjectsBiggerIndependentIntensePurityDevotedLots Of MoneyCrewRemember WhenGet RichIndependent FilmPassion And Purity Author:Amy Irving
“You know, after the film I said to myself, "It's a good thing you were so stupid not to be nervous. If I'd been nervous, it would have ruined the whole thing.” IfsKnowsSaidWholeFilmStupidGood ThingsNervousRuined Author:Pia Zadora
“For each final photograph, I'll have shot loads of film. I suppose people don't see all that. But when someone looks at a piece of work, they know something has gone into it, even if they can't lay their finger on what it is.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksFilmGonePiecesShotsLaysFingersFinalsPhotographLoad Author:Catherine Yass
“I am not quite comfortable with people identifying themselves as my fans. You know nothing about me. You have just seen me perform in a film. How can you be my fan? If I have to tell you honestly, I want an audience and not fans.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFilmAudienceFansComfortableHonestlyIdentifying Author:Kangana Ranaut
“I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter,' and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.” KnowsLongFilmLong TimeMy FriendsMarkObstaclesFighterHatsUnqualifiedHats Off Author:Holt McCallany
“The film argues to the young that the old were young once, too, and contain within them all that the young know, and more.” KnowsFilmYoungArguingHuman Condition Book:The Great Movies II Source: The Great Movies II
“I have had several offers to make the book into a film. I don't know if the message could be accurately transmitted, and so I have been somewhat hesitant in granting film rights.” IfsKnowsHas BeensBookFilmRightsOffersMessagesRamaHesitant Author:Frederick Lenz
“It was a sad thing. I don't know how he learned that.” KnowsFilmKnow HowHollywoodSad Things Author:Julian Sands