Film Quotes - Page 55

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

Purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

I warmly recommend to you the films of poets.

There's a documentary film-maker called Werner Herzog, who's a German film-maker. I really dig his stuff, I'd love to chat with him.

I'm happy to work. I know things have changed recently, but I tend to prefer film. I don't know what it is.

I did so many comedies that we've had numerous discussions about horror of film and I've always been really hesitant to do so because the last thing I wanted to make was a horror movie.

After I tasted success with erotic thrillers, a time came when I was being offered only films belonging to that genre. The industry loves repeating a success formula, and the audience had formed a certain image of mine in their minds.

A short film is just another storytelling medium like TV, Features, and Webisodes. I am just thrilled that Silent Cargo is getting out there for people to see.

If you watch a film without music, there's nothing that you can connect with.

Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished print must be created in full before the film is exposed.

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

I think technology is having a democratising effect on film.

Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it

The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.

Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and that's OK with certain films. But that isn't right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it - he is in charge of it.

Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.

In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. A lot of Hollywood films tend to be bloated, bombastic, loud. At the same time, I do like the infrastructure of making a blockbuster; it's like having a big train set.

Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs and you're usually best listening.

A dirty word in the film business right now is intelligence.

'Angel Heart' was one of my favorite films.

When I was five. That's when I started to love film.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.