“I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.” WorldIdeasFilmWonderEdgesIntenseHopefullyCinemaShockLove Films Author:Julia Leigh
“If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.” IfsKnowsI CanPlayWholeFilmInterestWonderWatchesKnow HowSunMagicCreationPicksLibraryMagazinesMuseumsSun Set Author:Phylicia Rashad
“It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've understood them. I want to leave them wondering.” WantFilmArtistViewsWonderHonestPleaseUnderstoodPoint Of ViewViewersUnsure Author:Jean-Pierre Melville
“Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what youre going to do next.” FilmNextWonder Author:Madhur Mittal
“I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people use that word, or “grim” or “gritty,” I just think, “Oh, come on, look a bit deeper.” My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsLooksI CanUseFilmPassionEasyBitsWonderDeeperGrimMeterBleakRelay Races Author:Andrea Arnold
“Next-door a baker's apprentice with his wife, an employee in a printing-shop, she has inflammation of the ovaries. Wonder what those two get out of life? Well, first of all, they get each other, then last Sunday a vaudeville and a film, then this or that club meeting and a visit to his parents. Nothing else? Well now, don't drop dead, sir. Add to that nice weather, bad weather, country picnics, standing in front of the stove, eating breakfast and so on. And what more do you get, you, captain, general, jockey, whoever you are? Don't fool yourself.” LifeFirstsWellsTwoCountryLastsFilmNextParentWonderNiceWifeDoorsFrontsFoolEatingStandingAddMeetingsClubsWeatherShopsEmployeeSundayBreakfastCaptainsPrintingApprenticeBakersPicnicsStovesJockeysBad WeatherVaudevilleOvariesEating BreakfastNice Weather Author:Alfred Doblin
“When you go into a movie and you're surprised by it - these days with brand recognition being such an important thing and essentially trailers, the way trailers have evolved encouraging people not to see the film unless they've already seen the film which is kind of the paradox of marketing these days anytime that you enjoy genuine sense of wonder and surprise in the movies it's priceless.” PeopleWayKindImportantFilmEnjoyWonderImportant ThingsSurpriseMarketingGenuineRecognitionBrandsThese DaysParadoxPricelessTrailersSense Of Wonder Author:Simon Pegg
“For Twilight, I wasn't thinking it was going to be a crazy success, or anything. It had been rejected by all the major studios. Nobody wanted to make it and they didn't think it would make any money, but I read the book and I thought, "Wow, I want to capture that feeling of just being crazy in love. I wonder if I can do that in a film." That was my challenge.” IfsThinkingWantI CanBookFeelingsWantedFilmCan DoChallengesWonderCrazyMajorsStudiosCaptureWowTwilightJust BeingRejectedBeing CrazyCrazy Love Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“If a film is good, and I'm sort of able to sit there and absorb myself within that world. And get lost. That is a pretty powerful tool. And there's not many paintings out there, that make me want to stare at it for hours at a time, and wonder where I am!” IfsWorldWantAbleFilmLostHoursPowerfulWonderPaintingToolsStaring Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it's the music that has that effect on you in this film.” SometimesMomentsFilmWonderEffectsCryDramaticTragic Author:Roman Polanski
“When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the way I think you, and PTA, and Fincher are born directors. Maybe some people's talent is in understanding the ways that film communicates, without dialogue, without plot.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFilmUnderstandingBornNaturalWonderTalentDirectorsCommunicateDialoguePlotPta Author:Edward Norton
“One day, we will look back and wonder how on earth we used to believe that depression was a lifestyle choice, only to be debated and taken seriously when an A List film star took his life, and the world filled with people saying how shocked and saddened they were.” PeopleWorldBelieveLooksEarthFilmUsedChoicesStarsWonderTakenOne DayFilledListsLifestyleShockedSaddenedFilm StarsPeople With DepressionLifestyle Choices Author:Alastair Campbell
“I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole life making movies, so I have to enjoy it. Even at times when we had a very tight and difficult schedule, it was always enjoyable. Of course I wonder if the film will be successful afterwards. It's wonderful if a film becomes successful as a result of the enjoyment that we had” IfsEnoughWholeAbleFilmCoursesEnjoyDifficultResultsWonderStudySuccessfulWonderfulStupidWhole LifeEnjoymentBeing SuccessfulSchedulesEnjoyableBecoming Successful Author:Takashi Miike
“I do feel that scripts get developed now to a point where they're sort of actor-proof. If the actor is not very good, the narrative still survives because it's all in the dialogue. Not to say there aren't great performances in English-language films, because there are every year, but the 1970s were awash with great performances, and I was wondering whether it had to do with the amount of space and the amount of responsibility given to the actors.” IfsFeelsYearsStillsFilmActorsLanguageGivenSpaceResponsibilityWonderAmountPerformancesVery GoodScriptsProofDialogueNarrativeEnglish LanguageGreat Performance Author:Paul Bettany
“People have suggested that perhaps we are too affluent to be telling this story, which is amazing to me because then I wonder what story I am allowed to tell. Having been working with the homeless for the past years, I noticed lots of things about them, but one thing I really noticed was that they were probably too busy just getting though the day to make a film about themselves.” PeopleYearsStoriesPastFilmWonderOne ThingBusyHomelessToo BusyAffluent Author:Paul Bettany
“I grew up watching all the great Disney animated films and to be able to carry that torch and know that I'm contributing to the same magic and wonder for a whole new generation is a great thing.” KnowsWholeAbleFilmWonderGenerationsMagicGrewGrew UpGreat ThingsAnimatedContributingTorchesNew GenerationAnimated Films Author:Jim Cummings
“Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"” PlayJobsFilmWonderAudience Author:Ian Mckellen
“I think up to this point, it's been difficult to suggest a world where Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman and others could exist in the same universe. That was one of the things I really wanted to try and get at. Not to mention, the amazing opportunity to bring those characters and have those characters tell an important story, their own story, within the confines of a film.” ThinkingWorldTryingImportantCharacterStoriesWantedFilmUniverseOpportunityDifficultWonderWonder WomanAmazing Opportunities Author:Zack Snyder
“Star Wars film is breaking all previous box office records. (Why might we want to revisit those characters, that narrative, those jokes and tropes again, in this way, right now? I wonder what it will turn out to reveal about the economics and politics of this moment.)” WayWantWarMomentsCharacterMightFilmTurnsStarsWonderRecordsRight NowOfficeJokesEconomicsBoxesNarrativeBox OfficeTropes Author:Laura Mullen
“The kind of sleep that I had during my own film [Certified Copy] screening in Cannes is different. It's not because of the specificity of the film. It was because of my relationship as an author to this film. Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them. Whereas this time, I didn't have that responsibility on my shoulders.” FeelsKindDifferentFilmMy OwnSleepResponsibilityWonderAudienceResponsibleShouldersCopiesAnxiousFestivalsScreeningSpecificityCannes Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I know that part of why I was excited to do this was the sense of play and childlike wonder and the spirit that's in the Daniels' work. I think we're tracking some issues that are actually quite sad or lonely but I think in a joyful, creative way. So I like that balance. I think singing in the woods, the music and spirit of that - there's something very pure about the film [Swiss Army Man].” ThinkingKnowsMenWayPlayFilmSpiritWonderCreativeIssuesBalancePureSingingLonelyArmyExcitedWoodsJoyfulChildlikeSwissTrackingChildlike Wonder Author:Paul Dano
“I'm certainly not the lead of the film 'Wonder Woman' and I don't have a problem with that.” ProblemFilmWonderWonder Woman Author:Chris Pine