I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves.

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

The bookis a distant relative of the truth, and the film is a distant relative of the book.

Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.

I was spending a lot of time in trailers, you know, on film sets surrounded by film people.

Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.

All of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive.

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.

What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime

Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.

I hope the film will help mothers and fathers to be aware that 15 is a very vulnerable age.

I am inspired by the films of Pedro Almodóvar, as they are funny, sad, and extremely weird.

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

And there's also not enough films that are more of a imitation of what real life looks like.

To see the films coming out of France is to break into a vast treasure and become liberated.

Naina is one of the most special films & special characters that I've played in recent times

I never thought I'd get [a 'Pitch Perfect 2'] audition because the film was just so massive.

Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story.

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

My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.

It doesn't matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.

At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

Film is the art of turning money into light, and light into money. But it begins with money.

Roy Keane is Damien, the devil incarnate off the film The Omen. He's evil. Even in training.

Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

Don't shy away from producing your own film and being in charge of its business end as well.

I wish I could create an IMAX film that would make my work accessible to a broader audience.

I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop.

Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.

One of my favorite films is 'Late Spring' by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.

Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual.

If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

I was amazed at the rosy glow that can be around one when you're in a film that's done well.

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.

I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

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

I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.

Creating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life.

Usually in films, when Muslims pray, it's either before or after they've blown something up.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

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