Quotes of: American-film Keyword

In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

Jim Broadbent

'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event.

John Berger

My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films.

Jackie Chan

When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?'

Jackie Chan

I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.

Jackie Chan

A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast.

Javier Camara

Sometimes, rehearsals are not worth it if you do not have an accurate cast, and that is one of the most difficult parts about a film.

Javier Camara

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

John Cleese

The corsets I wore in The Railway Children are still in my undies drawer, a prized relic of my favourite film.

Dinah Sheridan

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

Dinah Sheridan

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

Dougray Scott

An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

Debra Winger

I believe I was actually the first single mother in a major film.

Dee Wallace

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

Donnie Wahlberg

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

Donnie Yen

Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.

Elmer Bernstein

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

Emmanuelle Beart

I go into every film not just wanting to play the hot girl in the movie. It kills me.

Elisha Cuthbert

Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

Edward Dmytryk

You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.

Emilio Estevez

It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office.

Eric Fellner