Sometimes you film in your hometown, sometimes you go halfway across the world.

If there's ever a problem, I film it and it's no longer a problem. It's a film.

I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film.

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

I went to film school to make films just because you're in control of the story.

I did very much enjoy being part of an independent film. It was just the energy.

That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie.

My goal is to keep making films and grow as a film maker; that's always my goal.

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.

I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again.

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.

I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

I don't feel, 'I've made a great film'; I feel I've made what I set out to make.

Television has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.

No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.

Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast.

My favorite scene in this film was the flying car, because that was just wicked.

Nobody has tried anything like this in Telugu cinema. 'Eega' is a landmark film.

When the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness.

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

Elia Kazan - the films he made were such a big deal for me when I was growing up.

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past.

I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.

I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.

I guess you could say I'm like a film director but my movies have only one frame.

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.

When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film.

I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.

When you film a reality show, it's so jumbled. They shoot episodes in all orders!

Part of my claim to fame is that my first film was also Johnny Cash's first film.

Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better (than shooting in Tibet).

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

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