Quotes of: Film-making Keyword

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

Mark Rydell

A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.

A. R. Rahman

Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.

Salman Khan

James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.

Will Ferrell

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

Vivien Leigh

I studied screenwriting at film school and was constantly learning how to construct three-act dramas.

Tobias Lindholm

I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.

Drew Barrymore

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

John Leguizamo

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

Elizabeth Olsen

I am a big scaredy-cat; horror films terrify me.

Danielle Panabaker

Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself.

Daniel Radcliffe

I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.

Glen Mazzara

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

Danny Elfman

Andrew has talked about my character being the conscience of the film, the heart of the film.

Jared Leto

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

Jenifer Lewis

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

John Lasseter

Most of the time, you do films and they can be big films, but you are rarely aware of the fan base that comes with it.

Luke Evans

You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

Stephen Fry

There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don't perform in that first weekend or two, they're gone.

Grant Heslov

The size of a studio film lets you see technology in a way that you wouldn't on an independent film, like the gadgets and the angles and all that.

Juno Temple

I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

Michel Hazanavicius