Film Quotes - Page 86

The original 'Edge of Darkness' was fantastic, a fabulous series. It was of its time, but this film version shows that times really haven't changed.

What really shocks me, what I can honestly sit back and ponder for hours in a lot of cases is just, 'Why would you film yourself doing that? Who put you up to that? What are you getting out of that?

I like doing film, you know, single-camera.

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story.

Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

You should love literature. You should live in the library. Forget about films.

I just hope that my films will survive me.

I think the relationship between print and film is symbiotic, it's more about evolving and complimenting your existing content. The two are very much interconnected.

Most of the projects aren't that interesting anymore. There used to be a day when the studios made amazing films, and they were about human beings.

No hope so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfilment.

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film of this scale. Our producer decided that for the film to really work it had to be in Kenya.

When you get into the edit you'll understand what making a film is. You'll see all the things you missed and all the possibilities you have from what you shot.

My good films were independent and my bad films were not.

I'm always a little skeptical when I hear people promoting a film and they say it has something for everyone.

Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.

I know every film is different. Every filmmaker is different and works differently.

Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

Any film is at least better than real life.

When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.

You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

There is one thing where people are always right. It is when they are describing what they have been feeling when watching your film. You cannot say: No, you did not feel like that!

You know, after the film I said to myself, "It's a good thing you were so stupid not to be nervous. If I'd been nervous, it would have ruined the whole thing.

It's a certain kind of immortality, because those Disney films do go on and on and on.