My films have elements of genre in them, which prevents them from being purely art films.

It was a small room with dim light coming in the window, reminiscent of old Polish films.

Vittorio De Sica famously made 'Bicycle Thieves'; that's the film of his everybody knows.

Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.

I haven't watched it [the film 'Pink Floyd at Pompeii'] in years. I find it excruciating.

I never liked the idea of the 'Royal Family' film. I always thought it was a rotten idea.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

On film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point.

The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made.

There is no schedule in the film industry. It's not like you have a 9 to 5 job every day.

I like films where the music and the sound design, at times, are almost indistinguishable.

You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown

One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.

I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.

I am not against acting in a Hindi film, but I will take it up only if the story is right.

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.

I think the endeavor is to just make your film and then hope it travels as much as it can.

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

We made 'Pieces' in Cleveland with zero connections to the film business. Absolutely zero.

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

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

My family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really.

I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films.

Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film.

But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.

The films I find boring are the ones that have no space for the audience's misconceptions.

There are a lot of actors out there who've made one or two films and who never work again.

I guess anyone would be nervous to give your life over to someone to make a film about it.

I love films that don't end when they end, that go on in your head a couple of days later.

I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film.

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.

It's hard to understand the films that you're in, because you never truly get to see them.

You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.

I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at.

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.

Any time a new horror film comes out that looks appealing, I'm always excited to go see it.

I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.

I don't dig the candy floss and rosy kind of film subjects. Give me anything dark and grey!

New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios.

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.

There's always things from shooting a film that you pick up that hopefully make you better.

I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.

In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.

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