Film Quotes

You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

I don't think there's any money to be made doing something that's that contemporary without having a spin on it. If there's a London riots film with zombies, that'd have more chance.

What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it.

I always approach film as a fan.

If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a shot by shot remake you don't have that option and every scene has to work again.

I consider all my films an experiment, at least in my mind.

It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances.

An important film that must be seen. Saving Lincoln is moving, ingenious, original and impressive.

There's been almost a dozen films that have been made against me. There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made.

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office.

I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods?

My film about Bush didn't prevent his reelection.

I've always felt so grateful that I dropped out of school, that I never had to do a thesis. I wouldn't know how to organise and structure myself to film so that B follows A and C follows B.

Film is something that came later into my life.

Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.

If you look at Japanese film, it is made up of collage or bricolage, it is made up of lists, and suddenly when you stand back from the lists you begin to see the pattern of a life.

I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.

I remember when I was a kid looking at different types of film and really examining the grains of them. I remember even looking at the ink streaks.

I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.

Positive doesn't mean unflawed: It means human and vulnerable. If you make a film and you're portraying the subject with respect, you're gonna do it in an honest way.

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.

I've always loved animation and animated films.

We see death constantly on film.

There is really not that much improvisation in my films. There is an acceptance of a chance.

I try to make each film a different film.

I'm always trying to remember that kindness goes a long, long way. I think that's something that people will definitely take out of this film as well.

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

I would love to dive into an indie film based on the streets of East Los Angeles where I grew up. If that doesn't come my way soon, I think I just might have to write it myself.

I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

A lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist.

I still enjoy watching films more than making them.

I go and film 50 people in Israel, 50 people in Russia, and 50 people in Romania, in Paris, because I really like to get some particles of something real.

You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.

The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each moment to be special and full of life.

I think the purpose of test screenings is different for the studio and for the filmmaker. For the studio, I think they want to know whether the film works or not.

There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished.

The problem is, with a lot of children's films, they are very commercial.

I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.

My producers give me total freedom. No one asks me for anything; they just tell me to make a good film, and that's what I do.

I've always felt that I've made films, period. I wanted to leave the "ghetto." And here I am, I'm out.

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.

All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

Before my commercial success, I had difficulty doing what I wanted, but my sincere short films always won prizes in festivals. So I was ready for larger successes.

I never seem to be able to sell my films correctly in the U.S. The U.S. defends itself on its own turf.

I never feel empty. I travel a lot and I think about other films.