Film Quotes

I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through.

I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm involved with so much television at the moment.

It was the television that turned me to film. My parents did take me to Pete's Dragon.

Writers are generally anonymous. It just that I think I got out there because I also act as well and put myself in my films.

'Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.

I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming.

I really enjoyed working on the 2009 film, 'Aliens in the Attic,' because it was shot in New Zealand and I got to visit there for the first time.

I think it's important that your first film be your worst film, that one's life trajectory should go up.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place youre going to film in.

But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in.

Usually in films, when Muslims pray, it's either before or after they've blown something up.

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the entire story into a two-hour movie. But I was pleased with the reaction [for Kite Runner].

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that guards the eye.

There's a great freedom you get when you're making TV that you don't get when you're doing film.

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.

I can't be enticed by a big commercial film.

I don't make 'issue' films. I like making films about rebels or pioneers or people that are doing something.

The magic of documentary is that I keep being surprised and amazed by the things I film.

I know that sounds contradictory - you're going on a journey, but once you know who your characters are, you become more disciplined and you film less and less.

Maybe because I didn't have a huge film career right off the bat, I've been able to create something different, which is so important to me. That's myself, my idea of who I am.

I think it's always nice to have a film where the underdog comes out on top, doing their best, and surpasses everybody's expectations.

'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out.

I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable.

I can't watch my movies and get into them because as soon as I see myself I get taken out of the film.

I mean look at Antichrist. He's not making films to be liked by everyone, so why is this so surprising coming from Lars von Trier?

I took an acting class for 10 seconds before I played a lead in a student movie. I showed the film to an agent who said he would send me on interviews but wouldn't sign me.

Basically you can do anything in a film. I could have place a spaceship in the middle of a street. You can do anything, and I love to talk about this because is so organic to the process.

Maybe I could do some indie film and get my kit off. I'd never say never.

Generally Canadian films are smaller. I think the market here is a tenth of the size of the States. So there's less resources to put into the films.

Both my parents work in film. They're crew. I love movies, and I just wanted to be involved. I got really lucky. I auditioned for a while and then started making films.

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

You create a little world when you are making a film and you have to feel that you would want to be a part of that world. I sometimes look at the scripts I get and think 'what are they thinking?'

Films are just consumables.

Successful films are very dangerous things.

I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.

If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.

I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.

Although the film industry is a very unique melting pot of creative and business types, both for the good and the bad, I love being able to wake up everyday to play.