“I had a terrible motorcycle accident (in the 1970s), in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years.” YearsWellsI CanTwoMatterFactsHappensRememberFilmNamesKnownTerribleAccidentsBridgesTwo YearsWell KnownSan FranciscoMotorcycleMatter Of Fact Author:William Lucking
“So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.” ArtIdeasHappensAmericaFilmNextFantasySticksVagueHigh ArtVague Ideas Author:Radha Mitchell
“Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.” ThinkingWayHappensFilmActingSkillsEnteringTechnicians Author:Jodie Foster
“I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go.” ThinkingKnowsWayHappensFilmNextToo MuchInformationToo Much Information Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“Balancing my film career and my music will be something I'm just going to have to deal with, as it happens. I think I can balance it out; the choices will probably be pretty clear. If there's a movie I just have to do, I will work the music around it.” IfsThinkingI CanHappensFilmChoicesDealsCareersClearBalance Author:Lukas Haas
“When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.” PeopleHappensFilmFallTheaterFalling In LoveAffairCircus Author:Baz Luhrmann
“I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what the film is about: it's not just about the reality of a crash, it's about the extremity we all face, and what happens when life crashes on you.” RealityHappensFilmFacesToo MuchLandWasteHardestWorriedTitlesCrashHardest ThingExtremityDownersWaste Land Author:Lucy Walker
“I love my work, apart from when it's driving me crazy. But I get to be interested in stuff and think like a filmmaker as I'm buzzing about the world and then see an opportunity to make a film, and then make it happen.” ThinkingWorldHappensFilmOpportunityStuffCrazyDrivingFilmmakerMake It HappenDrive Me Crazy Author:Lucy Walker
“When I moved to Paris in the '70s, there wasn't very much going on in film in England. So when I started doing French films, there was a natural movement toward the kind of films I wanted to do. It wasn't the reason I came, but it so happened that I stepped into a time and place that actually corresponded to what I wanted. That sometimes happens in life. And it was rather beautiful.” KindSometimesReasonHappensWantedBeautifulFilmNaturalHappenedMovementEnglandMovedParis Author:Charlotte Rampling
“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
“The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents.” HappensJobsFilmNightAudienceMovementTerribleDirectorsBurdenAccidentsDisasterSelectVacuumsYawning Author:Orson Welles
“I never really feel like I'm sure a film's gonna happen until I'm maybe halfway through.” FeelsHappensFilmHalfway Author:Alicia Vikander
“There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't subscribe to it. But I've seen it happen.” PeopleHappensFilmWorstOld ThingsBest Film Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.” ReasonHappensFilmReactionsMore TimeReviewsInitials Author:Alain Resnais
“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
“All the best bits of a film happen when I'm looking down at my phone. Life, is similar.” HappensFilmLife IsBitsPhonesAll The BestLooking Down Author:Craig Stone
“He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it would happen because that's where the money was.” TryingSaidBookHappensWould BeFilmImpossible Author:Giovanna Cau
“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
“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 want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.” WantWritingDifferentWholeHappensFilmSpeakBitsIndustryRight NowEntertainmentRoutesEntertainment IndustryChameleon Author:David Boreanaz
“Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The real key is what happens between the action when it's quiet. Loud is easy. Quiet, real hard.” RealHardHappensActionFilmEasyCarKeysQuietLoudAction Films Author:Sylvester Stallone
“I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.” KnowsTryingLongHappensFilmSpeakLanguageRoomsAchieveGrewSceneComfortableGrew UpTheaterResponseCome UpGenuineContemporarySpontaneousImprovisationIbsen Author:Victor Garber
“Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so Im going to actually start working on my own.” WantHappensSchoolFilmMy OwnNumbersActingFilm School Author:Joseph Mazzello
“The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.” MadeShowsRealityHappensFilmUsedTvsDramaProgramMurderAccidentsMedicalBritainLocationDetectives Author:Ben Wheatley
“I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are bad. You write a lousy novel and a lousy film.” ThinkingWritingTwoBookHappensFilmNovelTwo ThingsWriting A Book Author:Don Winslow
“I like a lot of old films, I like a lot old music, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that I like the idea of knowing what happens before, so that I can understand it.” I CanIdeasFactsHappensFilmKnowingOld Music Author:Zooey Deschanel
“I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer. Why are we here? What's it about? What happens to us with the choices that we make? What are the ramifications for doing something right, or doing something wrong? Those universal questions, I enjoy.” HappensFilmChoicesEnjoyAnswersDealsUniversalRamifications Author:Dominic Monaghan
“When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.” HappensFilmNextTelevisionProjectsMarriedScriptsTheatreAgents Author:Dominic Monaghan