Films Quotes

The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern.

The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies.

The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films.

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films.

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25.

Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

I must stick with Chinese language films.

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films.

Some films I say no to and they end up working very well, but I don't care, I just want to do something exciting.

I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story.

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

Doing that, then doing a lot of theater, which I love. Doing guest stars, did two independent films that are going around to all these festivals. Both of them are going to be at the Lake Tahoe Film Festival.

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.

I'm more embarrassed about some of the films that I've been in than I am about Playboy. Playboy I'm actually quite proud of.

Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.