“I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director.” ProblemWantedFilmCoursesDirectorsFindingsFilm DirectorsFinding Myself Author:Elia Kazan
“A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise.” YearsBelieveJobsFilmCareersFindingsTrainingYears AgoHorseRidingDisguiseConsumedBoon Author:Randeep Hooda
“After six years of working on low-budget independent films of the too-weird-to-watch variety, being asked by DreamWorks to come and play with the big boys, it was like finding an unicorn in your sock drawer.” YearsPlayBigsFilmBoysWatchesSixFindingsLowsIndependentVarietyBudgetsSockDrawersUnicornIndependent FilmDreamworks Author:Sienna Guillory
“Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.” WayMadeMatterFilmDoubtFindingsTheaterNo Doubt Author:Kevin Spacey
“Peter Kubelka is the perfectionist of the film medium; and, as I honor that quality above all others at this time finding such a lack of it now elsewhere, I would simply like to say: Peter Kubelka is the world's greatest filmmaker - which is to say, simply: see his films!...by all means/above all else...etcetera.” WorldMeanFilmQualityHonorFindingsMediumsFilmmakerPeterElsewherePerfectionistEtcetera Author:Stan Brakhage
“I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something.” ThinkingFilmElementsFindingsExciting Author:Kenneth Branagh
“Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I'm finding that I'm enjoying television more than film, these days. That was my motivation to take a TV show.” StoriesShowsFilmMotivationEnjoyTelevisionTvsRight NowFindingsThese DaysTv Shows Author:Jaimie Alexander
“I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is.” PeopleWayGivingTryingLittlesMadeI CanCharacterFilmBehindsInspireDirectorsFindingsPassionateImpulseIrresponsible Author:Willem Dafoe
“I made a film about adolescence and what going through it is like for a specific group of girls. Adolescence is always about wanting desperately to be individuals, and also about wanting desperately to fit in. For every teenager it's about finding that balance.” MadeFilmGirlIndividualGroupsBalanceFitFindingsTeenagerAdolescence Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“For every teenager there are issues that make finding it hard. These girls are totally unique and totally like every teenager everywhere - in the world. They illuminate, beautifully, the universal search for identity that we all have. I hope that people come away from the film with a better understanding of themselves, and compassion for others.” PeopleWorldHardFilmGirlUnderstandingCompassionIssuesIdentityFindingsUniqueUniversalTeenagerCompassion For OthersSearch For Identity Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“You always try and make a film that is a letter that will be read and we are so glad that it is being read by the right people in the right place and is inspiring change. It is also gratifying that the survivors are finding it healing and transformative. That's been really great.” PeopleTryingFilmHealingFindingsLettersGladSurvivorReally GreatRight PlaceInspiring Change Author:Amy Ziering
“No, my favorite scene was Brienne finding Arya and The Hound. I thought that the writing and the dialogue and the confusion that spirals into the fight was such a cool scene. I knew I was gonna film it in Iceland and I did a lot of - I really scouted and climbed around Iceland to find those locations and I just couldn't wait to do that.” WritingFilmFightingWaitingSceneFindingsMy FavoriteDialogueConfusionLocationSpiralsHoundsIcelandBrienne Author:Alex Graves
“Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we had a fruitless argument which I'm sure made him acutely aware of the disadvantages of having a film critic for a dad.” MadeFilmWorstSonDadFindingsArgumentCriticsMy SonWorst ThingsDisadvantagesMansionsNemoFilm Critics Author:A. O. Scott
“There's a level where the themes of a film are very relevant to me and also the idea of finding out how relevant one genre is to another. I think that westerns and samurai films and superhero films have a lot in common. It's just that the scale of the visuals in tentpole films can sometimes overwhelm the drama.” ThinkingIdeasSometimesFilmLevelsCommonDramaFindingsScalesGenreThemeVisualsRelevantSuperheroSamuraiGenre Is Author:James Mangold
“I'm finding now more and more that nudity is so rarely serves the story in any film.” StoriesFilmFindingsNudity Author:Judy Greer
“There are photographers who push for war because they make stories. They search for a Chinese who has a more Chinese are than the others and they end up finding one. They have him take a typically Chinese pose and surround him with chinoiseries. What have they captured on their film? A Chinese? Definitely not: the idea of the Chinese.” IdeasWarEndsStoriesFilmFindingsPhotographerChineseSurroundCaptured Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“So we can sit with Lee Unkrich and Andrew Stanton, and all the other folks and experience what the film is going to be like. And then we go away into a room, and we talk about what worked and what didn't. And then we take all of those findings and we do that whole process again.” WholeFilmProcessRoomsFindingsFolksGoing AwayAndrew Author:Pete Docter
“The casting of any film is around 60% of the film, but it's also about the right casting insight. It's a bit like a house of cards, everyone has to match up in a certain way so the whole structure is grounded. So that's essential, and yes, it's about finding the right people and the right constellation around the lead character.” PeopleWayWholeCharacterFilmCertainHouseBitsEssentialsFindingsStructureInsightCardsGroundedCastingConstellationsHouse Of CardsLead Characters Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“[Hunt for the Wilderpeople] people seem to be just finding it hilarious in Sundance. I would think that judging on the feedback I get; it's a very warming film. It's not sentimental, but people are sort of heart warmed by a message that's pretty rare.” PeopleThinkingHeartSeemsFilmJudgingFindingsMessagesSentimentalHuntsFeedbackSundance Author:Sam Neill
“As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.” ImportantFilmCultureDifferencesCommonCasesPoliticianConflictBenefitsFindingsMakersCommon Ground Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Fairly apolitical. Kind of aspiring to participate in life. I'm 18-19 years old. Wanting to dive into the world and finding the world opening for me in ways that were unimaginable. I didn't sleep for the whole first year at university because it was too much going on. Too many films to see, too many concerts to go to.” WorldWayYearsFirstsKindWholeFilmSleepToo MuchFindingsUniversityOpeningConcertsUnimaginableApolitical Author:Bill Ayers
“People say, "How do you get into the British film industry?" There is no British film industry, there are just people making films and finding their own way. It's not like in the States where there are studios and there's an actual infrastructure to it; there's just nothing here. You make it from scratch a lot of the time.” PeopleWayStatesFilmIndustryFindingsStudiosBritishInfrastructureScratchesFilm IndustryBritish Film Author:Ben Wheatley
“I've had pretty much the same crew for all the films that I've made, and I've managed to have really nice, calm, funny people. That is a big part of it, a family feeling of warmth and finding something interesting and making a platform for them to perform. It's a very difficult job, acting, in that it's totally counterintuitive to how we are brought up.” PeopleMadeFeelingsBigsJobsFilmDifficultInterestingActingNiceFindingsCalmWarmthPlatformsCrewReally NiceSomething InterestingFunny People Author:Ben Wheatley
“When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school!” SchoolFilmFunCausesClassFindingsMajorsHigh SchoolMathUclaFinding MyselfMath Class Author:Danica McKellar
“It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.” MadeFilmFallInterestingRolesMaterialsFindingsActressesLap Author:Winona Ryder