Film Quotes

I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.

I'm anxious to make another film.

The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.

You do the work and you want people to see it; but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way.

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap.

There are so many things I want to do. Like, I want to get an artist, a musician, a photographer, and a bunch of dancers that I know and just travel across Africa and just film it and just see what happens. Do and learn as much as I possibly can. Luckily, I have a lot more time.

I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch.

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film.

I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'.

I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.

The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.

I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.

I come from an everyday middle class family in India. The film industry reached us only through our television sets and cinema halls.

An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

No, it's interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it's a good idea; it needs to respect the original idea. Don't just take the title and change everything else.

I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on.

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.

I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'K-9,' and 'Curly Sue' and of course, 'According to Jim.' I think that my comedies have been the most popular.

On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.

The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer.

15 years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff.

When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.