Film Quotes - Page 28

I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.

I suppose I like to set myself projects that are tight, focused, and then challenge myself with how broad I can go within that limited aspect. I think to Helmut Newton and film director, Federico Fellini - the added level of eroticism, the arousing message - and how it was possible for them to keep their signatures over so many years.

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

My audience is a diehard audience. They are dedicated. My audience always follows me and sticks with me. They're the reason I'm still here - in the films and in stand-ups.

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.

The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime

Hollywood gave us far more Muslim terrorists in the Eighties and Nineties than it has since 9/11.

There's no excuse not to make films on weekends with friends.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

I like film soundtracks. I like the soundtracks better than the movies.

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

A good film is always nourishing. It's not about it being hopeful or bleak; it's about how it touches you, how it moves or stirs you.

I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Film is an itch I have yet to scratch.

If there are some people that like the film and some people that do not, that's fine for me, because I do not intend to make very broad films.

I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.