“I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.” TryingMatterFilmWishMoralColorRaisesCriticsSophisticatedAnna Author:James McBride
“Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.” FirstsBelieveImportantFilmWishPrideCopHappy EndingsFulfilment Author:Joe Wright
“To watch THE WAITING ROOM is to wish it would never end. This is human drama at its most intense and universal. The rare film that can change the way you think and see the world.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansEndsFilmWishWaitingRoomsWatchesDramaUniversalIntenseWaiting Rooms Author:Mick LaSalle
“I saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead!” MadeFilmWishSawsHollywoodPearlsHarbour Author:Clive James
“I have to make a living, and I have been in a few films I wish I hadn't been in, but I don't know where things will lead me next, and that's exciting.” KnowsHas BeensFilmNextWishExcitingLeading Me Author:Kim Basinger
“Songs are pretty easy. They are small, they are modular, they are about as big as a bagel. They are easy to build. Films are overwhelming in their magnitude and scope. By comparison, a lot of film directors wish they were writing songs because you can do it while getting your hair cut.” WritingBigsFilmSongWishEasyCan DoCuttingHairDirectorsComparisonOverwhelmingYou Can Do ItScopeMagnitudeWriting SongsFilm DirectorsBagelsHair Cut Author:Tom Waits
“I wish I was writing something much more heavy each time I did a film, and that the comedies just occasionally come out. But unfortunately you're stuck with what you're born with.” WritingFilmWishBornComedyHeavyStuck Author:Woody Allen
“Does the critic wish to influence the kind of film that costs more than £250,000? It is as if he were to send a postcard to General Motors explaining that he would like them to make a raft next year, or a helicopter, instead of a car.” IfsYearsKindDoeFilmNextWishInfluenceCarCostCriticsExplainingMotorNext YearHelicoptersPostcardsGeneral Motors Author:Kenneth Tynan
“It is the fear of death - 24/7 in every shade of hospital white and doomsday black--that sells the pharmaceutical, political, financial, film, and food product promising to make good the wish to live forever.” FilmPoliticalDeathWishBlackWhiteForeverProductsSellsFinancialHospitalsShadeFear Of DeathLive ForeverPharmaceuticalDoomsday Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“I wish I would have had more to do in the film. I hated to get killed so soon.” FilmWishHated Author:Bruce Bennett
“I wish to be appreciated not only as a film star but also for the person I am. If I manage to bring a smile on people's faces, then I think I'll be successful.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsFilmFacesWishStarsSuccessfulManageBeing SuccessfulAppreciatedFilm Stars Author:Deepika Padukone
“I think if I could do it over again - as much as I loved meeting the people I did on the films after 'Matilda' - I wish that I had stopped after 'Matilda.' I wish that I had just focused on my own life for a while.” PeopleIfsThinkingFilmWishMy OwnMeetingsFocusedIf I CouldMy Own Life Author:Mara Wilson
“As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: "Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened" is one of the funniest lines in any film.” ThinkingFilmWishLinesHappenedLandAll Time Author:Richard Ayoade
“Sometimes you just wish you could make a film and then have it on DVD so you can see your mom. But, no, I've never really had that moment. Not really. Not seriously.” SometimesMomentsFilmWishMomThat MomentWish YouYour MomDvds Author:Simon Pegg
“IMDB is ridiculous... First of all, they had me down as my height being 5ft 7ins. I'm 5ft 10ins. But now they've got me down as 6ft 1ins and three quarters. They also have me down as doing Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I wish they had me down as doing Francis Ford Coppola's next film. That would be a great rumour.” FirstsWould BeFilmThreeNextWishRidiculousDawnHeightQuartersVoyagesRumours Author:Skandar Keynes
“I wish I'd done 'Dumb and Dumber.' I was offered the part, but I don't think I'd have been better than Jeff Daniels was. Another film I wish I'd done was 'Jerry Maguire.'” ThinkingHas BeensDoneFilmWishDumbJerry Author:Woody Harrelson
“When you do a normal film, you play the character for three months and you say goodbye to him. And then, when you watch the movie, you say, "I wish I could have done that differently. I wish I could have added this to it."” DonePlayCharacterFilmThreeWishWatchesMonthsNormalGoodbyeSaying GoodbyeThree Months Author:Taylor Lautner
“Novelists get to direct the perfect films. We get to cast every part. We dress the set exactly as we wish.” FilmWishPerfectDirectDressesCastsNovelists Author:Jonathan Lethem
“One of the most telling things about film school is you've got a lot of students wandering around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish I could make a movie."” SchoolFilmMovingWishStudentsWanderFilm SchoolWandering AroundMake A Move Author:George Lucas
“I made lots of movies while in school while everybody else was running around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish they'd give me some film."” GivingMadeRunningSchoolFilmWishGive Me Author:George Lucas
“I see all these students, and I admire them - they're trying to learn something, they go to school, they do film school, they go on shoots, they help. I'm sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was - that's the way I was - autodidact.” WayTryingHelpingSchoolFilmWishStudentsGoes OnAdmireFilm School Author:Agnes Varda
“Most sound work in films is done very quickly, and at the end of the schedule where it's just jammed together and you always wish that you had more sympathy.” EndsDoneTogetherFilmWishSoundSchedules Author:Ben Burtt
“I like watching films that are 94 minutes as a spectator. I think it's rare that you don't come out, even from a good film, thinking I wish it could have been a little bit shorter.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensFilmWishBitsMinutesLittle BitCould Have BeenSpectatorsGood Films Author:Guy Jenkin