Quotes of: Action-film Keyword

It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.

Vin Diesel

I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made with Danny Angel, well the only film I actually made... I made a lot of it at the Windmill itself.

Val Guest

I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be.

Willem Dafoe

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.

Werner Herzog

We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.

Zhang Ziyi

I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made.

Alexander Payne

I actually don't see that strong of a connection between my background as a rock 'n roller and my early films. In a way I think your musical identity in film work is determined by the jobs that come your way.

Cliff Martinez

If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.

Kangna Ranaut

I learned that you can make a sci-fi film that is satisfying overseas. European people have everything in check. I'd make every sci-fi film in Europe. They only work 14 hours a day. After that, it's overtime.

Michelle Rodriguez

My so-called 'reservations' and personal comfort zones can't define my work. That's not being professional. I feel that even if an actor is cast for the lead role or for any other part in the film, it is his job to do the film and not create an issue...

Shahid Kapoor

Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.

Dan Gilroy

When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that Cary Grant was an extra. I had no idea about the structure of film, but I loved going to the cinema.

Nicolas Roeg

Remember that nobodies are the new somebodies.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

Jean de la Bruyere

Every action has an impact; choose wisely the impact you want to have.

Leading with Intention: Every Moment Is a Choice

Never mistake motion for action.

Ernest Hemingway

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Isaac Newton

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

Sai Baba

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.

Sophie Swetchine

Slowly, ideas lead to ideology, lead to policies that lead to actions.

Nandan Nilekani

The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action.

Orrin Woodward