“I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.” IfsCharacterStoriesSeemsMightFilmNightHorrorScarySettingWeatherSettingsHorror Film Author:David Naughton
“First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a film, where in an extreme case you might be doing the last scene of the script the first day that you go to work, and you don't know enough about the character you're playing.” KnowsFirstsEndsEnoughCharacterMightLastsFilmCasesPiecesMaterialsSceneFlowScriptsExtremes Author:Jean Stapleton
“Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.” WayI CanDifferentMightAbleFilmFormStagePaperWeaknessAdvantagePerformancesCommunicateMediumsDifferent WaysStage Performance Author:Lawrence Wright
“The main thing about awards in movies is that they can serve as an economic surge for the film. If you're movie gets nominated for any award it does it a big favour. People might go and see it again... they won't give up on it.” PeopleIfsGivingDoeBigsMightFilmEconomicGiving UpAwardsFavourWon't Give Up Author:Morgan Freeman
“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
“Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.” PeopleThinkingWayMightFilmForceSocialAudienceInfluenceApproachExposedFeedingDesirableCommentaryInfluencing PeopleSoapbox Author:Walter Koenig
“A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.” MightFilmStyleComfortableFilmmakerViewers Author:Alain Resnais
“It might sound odd, but I want to thank Michael Bay because hes been saying how important it is to show 3D with the right luminescence. And thats very important for this film, a lot of which was shot at night or with very low illumination.” WantImportantShowsMightFilmNightSoundLowsShotsOddIllumination Author:David Heyman
“I do think it's true that anytime somebody comes to you and says, "I'd like to be in your film," it's never good to dismiss them or make fun of them, because if they're passionate and driven enough, they very well might find a way to be in your film.” IfsThinkingWayWellsEnoughMightFilmFunPassionateDriven Author:Jodie Foster
“People have said to me for a long time, "Man you're funny." I say, "Well, I'm quick," but being funny on purpose, take after take - that's why I said for me it was new territory, and so by improvising something might come out that might be good. And it's film, so they can cut it if it isn't.” PeopleIfsMenWellsLongSaidMightFilmPurposeCuttingLong TimeBe GoodTerritoryImprovisingBeing FunnyNew Territory Author:Denzel Washington
“You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite.” IfsThinkingIdeasFactsStoriesMightFilmCasesListeningOppositesConvincedTalesOutcomesCautionary Tales Author:Errol Morris
“I could start this review by stating that Dumb and Dumberer lives up to its name, or by calling it stupid, moronic, and idiotic, but I believe that approach is a trap, since a movie like this might relish being the object of such bland invectives. Instead, let me try a few that can't possibly be misconstrued as twisted praise: unfunny, boring, torturous, and unwatchable. ... [N]o movie could be more aptly compared to raw sewage than this film - Directed By Troy Miller.” TryingBelieveMightFilmNamesI BelieveStupidObjectsCallingApproachLet MePraiseBoringDumbReviewsTrapsTwistedRelishIdioticBlandSewageMisconstrued Author:James Berardinelli
“I regret the way that America has elected to make films for its bluntest section of society and in ways that flatter them, and we have to recognize how much that is being done for money. We have to find another way of measuring ourselves. And film is one of the few ways that might be done.” WayDoneMightAmericaFilmRegretHollywoodSectionsAnother WayI RegretMeasuringBeing Done Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“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
“You should always make it like it's your last film. That's my personal belief. Every filmmaker is going to have another belief... That's the only way I know to try to make a film that might be good. You got to take it real seriously like it's your last thing.” KnowsWayShouldTryingRealMightLastsFilmBeliefBe GoodFilmmakerPersonal Beliefs Author:David O. Russell
“Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt about... whatever. Now we're walking out of the cinema really not thinking about anything, other than the fact that the Hulk had a fight with a robot.” ThinkingFactsMightFilmUsedFightingFeltChallengesWalksMoralJourneyEmotionalWalkingUsed To BeCinemaRobotsEvaluateWalking Out Author:Simon Pegg
“My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.” ThinkingSaidStoriesBigsMightRememberFilmGuyGrowing UpGrowingCollegeDadMy DadNflHighlightsTelling StoriesBig GuysCollege Days Author:Andrew Luck
“In film you have the script months ahead of time often, for a good film, but in television it seems like you might not get the script until a week or two weeks before you've got to film it. It's a little weird, but also quite challenging. It reminds me of repertory theatre.” LittlesTwoSeemsMightFilmChallengesWeekTelevisionLike YouMonthsScriptsTheatreTwo WeeksGood FilmsAhead Of Time Author:Wesley Snipes
“There is something about the medium [in comics] that allows for a simulation of actual experience with the added benefit of actually reading. You're reading pictures, but you are also looking at them. It's a sort of combined activity that I can't really think of any other medium having, other than, say, a foreign film when you are reading and seeing. It allows for all sorts of associations that might not come up with just words or just pictures.” ThinkingI CanMightFilmReadingSeeingActivityBenefitsCome UpMediumsAssociationSimulation Author:Chris Ware
“I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again.” ThinkingKnowsTryingMightFilmExperimentsMainstream Author:Mara Wilson
“I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If that doesn't come my way soon, I think I just might have to write it myself.” IfsThinkingWayWritingMightFilmStreetsGrewGrew UpEastMy WayLos AngelesIndie Films Author:Michael Trevino
“The zombie threat is made worse by the fact that their victims then turn into the creature that attacked them. This too is similar to other monsters (werewolves and vampires) and also similar to the sub-genre of infection/plague films. In the case of zombies, however, this may carry a greater sense of dread and revulsion: vampires and werewolves can be seen as desirable, potent, intelligent, virile creatures whom one might like -- in some way at least -- to become; a mindless ghoul condemned to wander aimlessly across an empty, ruined earth seems much less attractive.” WayMayMadeFactsSeemsMightEarthFilmTurnsCasesGreaterCreaturesEmptyIntelligentVictimThreatMonstersWanderVampireGenreAttractiveDreadRuinedDesirableZombiePlagueWerewolfInfectionMindlessGhoulsRevulsion Author:Kim Paffenroth
“I love editing. I think I like it more than any other phase of film making. If I wanted to be frivolous, I might say that everything that precedes editing is merely a way of producing film to edit.” IfsThinkingWayMightWantedFilmPhasesEditingEditsFrivolous Author:Stanley Kubrick