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"When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved."

"When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Film, First, Thinking

64

"Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film."

"Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film."

Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman

49

"Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined."

"Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

47

"When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour."

"When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

44

"Language is much closer to film than painting is."

"Language is much closer to film than painting is."

Sergei Eisenstein, Latvian Director

Film, Language, Painting

44

"I want to do feature films. I am flying to Malaysia to be in another feature film. We will be filming that in Malaysia, the Phillipines, and back in California."

"I want to do feature films. I am flying to Malaysia to be in another feature film. We will be filming that in Malaysia, the Phillipines, and back in California."

Thuy Trang, Vietnamese Actress

Film, Flying, Want, Will

39

"I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here."

"I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

38

"Well I think effects are tools."

"Well I think effects are tools."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

37

"I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film."

"I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Film, Help, Party

36

"I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror."

"I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

Film, Eye, Horror

34

"Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news."

"Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Film, Moon, News

34

"Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets."

"Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets."

Karel Reisz, Czechoslovakian Director

31

"When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film."

"When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

31

"The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope."

"The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope."

Jean-Jacques Annaud, French Director

30

"Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined."

"Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

28

"I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it."

"I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it."

Dianne Wiest, American Actress

Film, Kids, Priorities, Want

26

"Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was replaced with Cliffhanger."

"Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was replaced with Cliffhanger."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

Film, First, Force

26

"What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek."

"What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

24

"Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it."

"Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

24

"My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam."

"My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

21

"I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me."

"I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

20

"I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him."

"I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him."

Christian Slater, American Actor

19

"The sound is the key; audiences will accept visual discontinuity much more easily than they'll accept jumps in the sound. If the track makes sense, you can do almost anything visually."

"The sound is the key; audiences will accept visual discontinuity much more easily than they'll accept jumps in the sound. If the track makes sense, you can do almost anything visually."

Paul Hirsch, German Politician

Film, Audiences, Key, Sense, Sound

18

"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."

"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

18

"The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself."

"The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself."

Wes Craven, American Director

18

"The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same."

"The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Film, Echo, Intention

17

"I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film."

"I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

16

"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."

"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

16

"And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, then you're not going to believe in the golf story, you're not going to believe in the rest of the film. That's the whole movie, so if that swing looks like crap, the movie's crap."

"And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, then you're not going to believe in the golf story, you're not going to believe in the rest of the film. That's the whole movie, so if that swing looks like crap, the movie's crap."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Film, Golf, Rest

16

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

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

Ed Wood, American Director

16

"I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be."

"I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be."

Sean Bean, English Actor

15

"I'm always a fan of a good horror film."

"I'm always a fan of a good horror film."

Andre Braugher, American Actor

15

"What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions."

"What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Film, American, Fact

15

"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."

"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

15

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

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

Ben Stiller, American Comedian

Film, Old, Saying

15

"On film you put all your energies into a single glance."

"On film you put all your energies into a single glance."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

15

"I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult."

"I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult."

Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress

15

"I want to make a film about a factory worker."

"I want to make a film about a factory worker."

Richard Linklater, American Director

14

"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."

"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

14

"Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained story. We wanted to be on a set as much as we could to get the kind of style level we were looking for."

"Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained story. We wanted to be on a set as much as we could to get the kind of style level we were looking for."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Film, Influence, Style

14

"Of all the Jedis I saw in the film, Yoda's the only one I like."

"Of all the Jedis I saw in the film, Yoda's the only one I like."

Lawrence Halprin, American Architect

14

"Nobody would want to leave that film to go get high."

"Nobody would want to leave that film to go get high."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

14

"I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth."

"I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

13

"It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s."

"It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s."

Robert Towne, American Actor

Film, Now, Past

13

"'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning."

"'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning."

J. Lee Thompson, British Director

Film, Deep, Kids, Meaning

13

"There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word."

"There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

Film, Light, Sense, Word

13

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."

John Huston, American Director

Film, Day, Loneliness, World

13

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

Roman Polanski, French Director

13

"Film scores are often based on short themes, and it helps if you've got some way of developing these themes and making them sometimes last 4 minutes and sometimes last 40 seconds. One ends up doing it subconsciously."

"Film scores are often based on short themes, and it helps if you've got some way of developing these themes and making them sometimes last 4 minutes and sometimes last 40 seconds. One ends up doing it subconsciously."

Anne Dudley, English Composer

13

"There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great."

"There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

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