“Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women in Western cinema. I grew up wanting to be in 'East-Enders' because film wasn't even a dream. The community were very much like, 'How can you want to act? It's such a low-class profession.” WantDreamFilmGoalCommunityClassImpossibleTvsBabyGrewGrew UpLowsWesternEastProfessionCinemaAsianEnder Author:Archie Panjabi
“My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.” WellsFilmActorsGoalNew YorkTelevisionTheaterFilm And Television Author:Stephen Root
“It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive Stanley Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do. For me, to be able to try to make big films that reach a lot of people, and that hopefully have something to say, is a lofty goal, but that's my goal.” PeopleTryingHas BeensBigsAbleFilmGuyGoalFansHopefullyMassiveInherentLoftyStanleyAdmirerNolanLofty Goals Author:David Brooks
“I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.” PeopleWorldAbleFilmGoalLove IsConstantly Learning Author:Jehane Noujaim
“My whole goal in my film career is to project a positive image on the screen, that I hope people will enjoy watching.” PeopleWholeFilmEnjoyGoalCareersProjectsScreensPositive Image Author:Chuck Norris
“I don't remember who wins awards [Oscars]. I've won a few but what I really remember are movies. I love films, so I'm not concerned about speculation about winning things because I really enjoy being in films that last longer than an opening weekend. That's my goal in life.” LastsRememberFilmWinningEnjoyGoalConcernedOpeningAwardsWeekendOscarsSpeculationLife GoalLove Films Author:George Clooney
“One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well.” WantWellsActionFilmGoalBreakAction Movie Author:Derek Theler
“Honestly, on so many levels, I feel like motherhood has prepared me even better for directing than film school because all it is is troubleshooting and dealing with different personalities and emotions and trying to make everybody happy and at the end of the day reaching your own personal goals and agendas.” FeelsTryingDifferentEndsSchoolFilmGoalLevelsEmotionPersonalityPreparedMotherhoodHonestlyReachingThe End Of The DayAgendasFilm SchoolAnd At The End Of The DayPersonal Goal Author:Christine Swanson
“I don't like making didactic, pedagogical documentaries based on standard formulas of narration: I'm only interested in the ambitious French tradition of the documentaire de création where the film, if successful, is not about something but that something itself. The goal is to incorporate areas of risk and paradox that we associate with cinematic art.” IfsArtFilmGoalSuccessfulRiskStandardsAreasTraditionParadoxFormulasAmbitiousAssociatesDocumentariesCinematicNarrationDidactic Author:Damian Pettigrew
“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 don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth. My goal is always what Chuck Jones wanted his Warner Brothers cartoons to be, which was if you turn down the sound, you could still tell what's going on. I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.” IfsThinkingWantStillsBodyWantedFilmTurnsSoundGoalSpaceTalkingWatchesComedyBrotherRaisedCinemaVisualsCompositionCartoonChuckAlways ThinkingFramingOrchestrationWarner Brothers Author:Alexander Payne
“When you have your chance to make a film, don't focus on pleasing everyone. I think the goal is to live in that sweet spot where you focus on making a good film and you have fun with your collaborators, but you don't waste your energy chasing approval every which way. When you have a vision and a good story and you've managed to raise funding, it is your approval as a director that everyone should be seeking. It's very simple.” ThinkingWayShouldStoriesFilmEnergyFunGoalChanceSimpleVisionFocusSweetDirectorsWasteRaisesSeekingSpotsHaving FunApprovalChasingFundingGood StoryCollaboratorsGood FilmsPleasing Everyone Author:Jennifer Phang
“My original goal was just to do stand-up but then I became interested in films - writing a film, shooting one someday, and getting to act in them.” WritingFilmGoalOriginalsShootingSomedayFilm Writing Author:Demetri Martin
“I like horror films and romance films. Films where you're going in being like, 'I'm coming here to be scared or to fall in love.' You have a goal.” FilmRomanceFallGoalLove YouHorrorFalling In LoveScaredHorror Film Author:Donald Glover
“I was just disciplined. I knew I had to get back into shape after six weeks for the film Goal II, but I cheated in the end - I wore a corset. I loved my pregnancy, I blossomed. I felt goddess-like and very secure. I found it comforting to have a little thing growing inside me, and very calming.” LittlesEndsFilmFoundFeltGoalGrowingWeekShapesSixSecureGet BackPregnancyLittle ThingsGoddessComfortingCheatedCalmingCorsetsI Cheated Author:Anna Friel
“The beauty of when you watch good television or films is that, yes, you may have a multi-cultural cast but those roles could be anybody - they could be white, they could be black. To show the world that we have more in common than we have different with each other is to me the ultimate goal of all of that. It does help unite in people's mind the thought that people are the same. Yes, there's going to be cultural differences, but for the most part, we are all in the same gang as human beings.” PeopleWorldMindHumansMayDoeDifferentHelpingShowsFilmGoalBlackDifferencesHuman BeingsWhiteCommonRolesWatchesTelevisionUltimateCastsGangUltimate GoalCultural Differences Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I'm not a big fan of violent movies, it's not something I like to watch. And it's not my aim or goal to make a violent movie. My characters are very important, so when I'm trying to depict a certain character in my movie, if my character is violent, it will be expressed that way in the film. You cannot really deny what a character is about. To repeat, my movie end up becoming violent, but I don't start with the intent of making violent movies.” IfsWayTryingImportantEndsCharacterBigsFilmCertainGoalWatchesFansBecomingAimDenyViolentRepeatsViolent Movies Author:Takashi Miike
“When characters are drifting away from the "correct road", or in fact from any road they were supposed to follow, they lose control, they find other goals...and possibly their real selves. All these moments of changes, of self-questioning, are like an engine to the films I make - that's where lie the dynamics I'm interested in as a director.” RealSelfMomentsCharacterFactsFilmLyingGoalLosesDirectorsEnginesQuestioningDriftingDynamicsReal SelfSelf QuestioningDrifting Away Author:Anne Fontaine
“I started to write because of my dream to become a filmmaker. I got to know about a film school in Paris and it was my goal to get there. To do that I knew I had to learn French. In order to practice I started to write journals in French. The effort I made to master what I regarded a bad thing - a language owned by the rich Moroccans - brought me the ability to write.” KnowsWritingMadeDreamSchoolFilmOrderLanguageGoalAbilityEffortPracticeRichMastersParisFilmmakerBad ThingsJournalFilm School Author:Abdellah Taia
“My goals are to continue acting and also to produce some independent films in the next few years. Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.” WantYearsFilmPassionNextGoalActingPathProduceMinesCreatingMusic IsMy FriendsIndependentIndependent Film Author:Sasha Grey
“Sometimes it's hard to say no. Ultimately, if you stick to your guns, you have the career that you want. Don't get me wrong. I love a good payday and I'll do films for fun. But ultimately my main goal is to do good work. If it doesn't pay well, so be it.” IfsWantWellsSometimesHardFilmFunGoalPayCareersGunSticksGood WorkPayday Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“I came from advertising. For me it's about protecting the director's vision. That's always the goal. There's keeping things on budget and on time and dealing with selling the movie so that to me is a focus. But also it's about serving the script. We are genre filmmakers, those are the films we love to make, so my perspective is a little different.” LittlesDifferentFilmGoalVisionFocusPerspectiveDirectorsScriptsSellingAdvertisingGenreBudgetsFilmmakerServing Author:Charles Roven
“I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.” BelieveWantedFilmActorsGoalStudentsDirectorsTheaterPhysical BeautyCinematographersFilm Students Author:Pam Grier