Quotes of: Documentary-film Keyword

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.

Paulo Coelho

I think TV is much more the writer's medium and film is about the director and their vision and how you can collaborate with them and see that through to the end. They are so different.

Patrick Dempsey

The whole being-in-a-room interview thing, at a junket or a film festival, is very inhuman. You meet the person, have five or 10 minutes to talk, and it's not like a conversation.

Paul Dano

I think the reason why a lot of the Spanish films do so well, and are so well done, is because the public really respects it and wants it.

Paula Garces

We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary.

Paul Michael Glaser

I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.

Peter Greenaway

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.

Patricia Highsmith

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

P. J. Harvey

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.

Peter Jackson

One thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films.

Paul Mazursky

The public was used to a Pauly Shore film coming out every year or two, you understand? So when that went away, the public lost familiarity with me.

Pauly Shore

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

Paul Verhoeven

Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

Q'orianka Kilcher

It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character.

Rowan Atkinson

I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.

Ralph Bakshi

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

Ralph Bakshi

I feel like I have to top myself every film I do, and it gets hard.

Rick Baker

If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare.

Robbie Coltraine

But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film.

Robert Conrad

I did a film that's on YouTube of me reading hate mail with a woman playing the cello in the background.

Richard Dawkins

I am all for trying out various kinds of hair styles. I have even worn a wig earlier in a film where I essayed the part of a woman.

Riteish Deshmukh