“I did New York, I Love You which is a very personal film for me. My most personal film, but it's not like a film I've ever made. I would never do that film as a feature, for instance, because it's not very commercial of an idea.” MadeIdeasFilmLove YouNew YorkInstanceFeatures Author:Brett Ratner
“Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian I can only say ti amo( I love you)' and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators, in 1949 they made a first film together,' Stromboli', and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.” WantLoveFirstsMadeI CanTogetherFilmUsedMotherCoursesFatherLove YouBrotherLettersPressesDivorceMy BrotherItalianPregnantMamaPredator Author:Isabella Rossellini
“Making a film is like raising a child. You have to be there every step of the way, guide it, provide for it, and finally let it go into the real world and hope you have done a good job. If you don't absolutely love your film then you will loss interest in it and the movie will suffer.” IfsWorldWayChildrenRealDoneJobsFilmSufferingInterestLossStepsLove YouGuidesReal WorldGood JobLet It GoRaising ChildrenEvery Step Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what they are doing and know how to do something well.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsFilmPassionKnow HowLove YouPassionateCrafts Author:Chris Hegedus
“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
“When critics love your film, you love critics. When they hate your film, you hate critics. It's the same everywhere, but maybe especially in France, where we have pretty good critics, except for three or four newspapers that are really dogmatic.” FilmHateThreeFourLove YouCriticsNewspapersFranceHate YouDogmatic Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.” TryingTwoBookEnoughStoriesFilmDifficultHoursLove YouDifficult Things Author:Keira Knightley
“The poet Paul Éluard says that to understand my film version of Beauty and the Beast, you must love your dog more than your car.” FilmLove YouDogCarPoetVersionsBeast Author:Jean Cocteau
“Loving a film is like falling in love with a woman or with a man like you never expect it. It it's not the one you think you will be in love with, you know. You think always that he will be with a beard, and black, and big and finally he's Chinese and you know it's the same thing. There's something very organic about the film and if you forgot it, if you don't have this seed in it...this organic flavor in it the film doesn't work it's wrong.” ThinkingMenFilmFallBlackLove YouLike YouFalling In LoveChineseBeard Author:Luc Besson
“I go to a lot of independents and foreign films. I really try to keep up and see what there is to see. If you really love movies, it's the act of watching them that you really love. You can sit and watch a B-Western and have just as much fun watching that as you can a classic. That minute when the lights go down is the part where the magic happens, because you know this could be great. You're always kind of excited, like, "Here I am again in the church of movies, and Mass is starting.".” TryingKindFilmFunChurchMagicLove YouExcitedClassic Author:Joe Dante
“I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films. Whenever I go to have a meeting at Universal, the security guard just leaps to his feet and comes over, bumps my hand, and says, "Thank you! Thank you, I love your films!" And it's people who are kind of at the cutting edge of life and survival, and being near the nitty-gritty, who like my films, and I like that.” PeopleKindFilmAudienceCuttingSecurityLove YouSurvivalMeetingsLeapSaying Thank YouCutting Edge Author:Wes Craven
“The thing is, to try to talk about a performance that will never be seen again, that was only lived by the people there, it's kind of like telling somebody about your dream. You know if they love you they'll listen and smile, but they can't really get it, so there is a certain infinite quality to film that is nice. You do the work and you know it's always going to be there. The flip side is if you do bad work it's always going to be there.” PeopleTryingKindDreamFilmQualityNiceLove YouInfinite Author:John Buffalo Mailer