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"I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera."

"I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

28

"Yeah, I'm certainly a lot more confident on this one than I was one the last one, which I think can be a good thing and a bad thing. But, at least I slept while making this film."

"Yeah, I'm certainly a lot more confident on this one than I was one the last one, which I think can be a good thing and a bad thing. But, at least I slept while making this film."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

28

"I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally."

"I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

28

"When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it."

"When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it."

Simon Callow, English Actor

27

"If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies."

"If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies."

George A. Romero, American Director

27

"Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel."

"Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel."

Graeme Le Saux, English Athlete

27

"But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me."

"But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Film, Intuition, Mystery, Trying

27

"When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with."

"When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

27

"I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part. And also film is a peculiar thing, parts don't necessarily read in script form anything like as well as they can do when it comes to materialising."

"I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part. And also film is a peculiar thing, parts don't necessarily read in script form anything like as well as they can do when it comes to materialising."

John Hurt, British Actor

27

"I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on."

"I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on."

Sasha Alexander, American Actress

27

"I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years."

"I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years."

Roland Joffe, English Director

27

"When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused."

"When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused."

Cicely Tyson, American Actress

Film, First, Want

27

"The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady."

"The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Film, First, Lady, Memory

27

"I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."

"I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Film, Want, Writing

27

"Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back."

"Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back."

Joe Dante, American Director

Film, Bugs, Journey, Want

27

"I'd play with these Indian players, the tabla and sitar."

"I'd play with these Indian players, the tabla and sitar."

Bob Livingston, American Politician

27

"I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that."

"I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that."

Armand Assante, American Actor

Film, Hollywood

27

"I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium."

"I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

27

"We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed."

"We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

27

"The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth."

"The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth."

Alex Winter, American Actor

27

"You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no."

"You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no."

Ann Patchett, American Author

Film, Effect, Parents, Thinking

27

"I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film."

"I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film."

John Hurt, British Actor

27

"The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired."

"The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired."

Colleen Atwood, American Designer

Film, Eyes, Research, Today

26

"So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally."

"So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally."

Alain Resnais, French Director

26

"The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was Halloween and from the first scene when the kid puts on the mask and it is his POV, I was hooked."

"The first horror film I remember seeing in the theatre was Halloween and from the first scene when the kid puts on the mask and it is his POV, I was hooked."

David Arquette, American Actor

Film, First, Horror, Theatre

26

"I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one."

"I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one."

Jay Roach, American Director

26

"When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad."

"When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad."

Ken Burns, American Director

26

"I did manage to secure a feature film for 2005, though, which I'm really chuffed about."

"I did manage to secure a feature film for 2005, though, which I'm really chuffed about."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

26

"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."

"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Film, Charm, Dogs, Now

26

"I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s."

"I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Film, American, Cinema

26

"I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince."

"I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince."

Julie Harris, American Actress

26

"As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over."

"As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

26

"I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not."

"I'd never do a film that would hurt anyone's sentiments, be it Indian or not."

Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor

26

"If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart."

"If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart."

George A. Romero, American Director

Film, Hollywood, Succeed

25

"You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry."

"You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry."

Kabir Bedi, Indian Actor

25

"It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock."

"It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock."

Howard Keel, American Actor

25

"Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film."

"Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

25

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

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

Danny Elfman, American Musician

25

"I think I can try the film world out for a while."

"I think I can try the film world out for a while."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

25

"I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise."

"I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Film, First, Forget

25

"The film I think was a good film for what it was designed for. It was for kids. Unfortunately the critics slashed it before it even started but that is just the way the cookie crumbles."

"The film I think was a good film for what it was designed for. It was for kids. Unfortunately the critics slashed it before it even started but that is just the way the cookie crumbles."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

25

"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."

"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."

Bryan Singer, American Director

24

"I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire."

"I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire."

David Ginola, French Athlete

24

"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

24

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable."

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable."

Timothy Dalton, Welsh Actor

Film, Glory, Opera, Wind

24

"Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them."

"Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them."

George Lucas, American Director

Film, Occupation, Occupations

24

"You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars."

"You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars."

Nick Nolte, American Actor

Film, First, Freedom, Struggle

24

"Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them."

"Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them."

Henry Hampton, American Activist

Film, Civilrights, Community, Eyes, Moments

24

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

Julie Taymor, American Director

24

"All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap."

"All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap."

Helen Mirren, British Actress

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