Film Quotes - Page 88

I like films that are about two hours not more.

I don't like alien films where you don't get to see the aliens.

So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie.

We can prevent more people from becoming more addicted - that's number one - with prescribing laws and making sure that people can't get too many of these opioids when they are initially prescribed them. Number two is, we have to make sure the millions of people who are already addicted have access to good and effective treatment. Finally, it's critical that we remove stigma and that's why we've made a film, to show that this can happen to anyone.

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

Now I’m the go-to-girl for silent films.

The film business has changed so dramatically from when I started.

The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika.

I'm sure the movie industry is going up but I would love to see more Chinese films about contemporary Chinese about the problems of life on the street.

I have this theory that if you do a film, those who have not fallen asleep or left the cinema, they will live with the film much longer, and it will really enter their imagination and the subconscious much more profoundly.

I usually make films about what's on my mind at any given time.

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better."

I think you can lose yourself more easily in a film than in the theater.

I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film.

After working as a producer on many pop, electronica and some soundtrack, incidental music projects, I became more focused on film and TV scores.

I always find film-making a pleasurable experience.

There was a lot of pressure on me as a filmmaker to raise the bar and do better than before so, you know, I put a lot of thought and energy, that's for sure.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

I was looking for people who didn't have any preconceptions about films, what I call the "post-rules" generation.

You can't have a director say, "Just be you"; you have to have an aim. It's like when you throw darts, you have to know where the bullseye is. You can't just say, "No no no no no, drop the darts. Just stand. We're going to film you." You have to get there indirectly. You have to have me doing something, and then you can get "me."

To me some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies.

There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't.

I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.