Film Quotes - Page 30

Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.

I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.

After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old.

The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.

Consistency is very important when you're making films.

Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.

Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others

Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel.

Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

There's always things from shooting a film that you pick up that hopefully make you better.

Seeing what the film becomes, out of your hands - you never know, you know? I'm always rather anxious. It's not like in theater when you are more in control. You're more - not a puppet, but you don't control it. You don't own it.

It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.

So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don't respect their intelligence.

I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest.

Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.

Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.