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Film Quotes
"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."
Film,
51
"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."
Film,
50
"It's a remake of a film called Inferno Affairs. It's a Hong Kong film, and if we come anywhere close to what they did in the original, we're going to have a hot property on our hands, because Inferno Affairs is a great piece."
50
"I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know."
50
"I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do."
Film,
50
"I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece."
49
"Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done."
49
"But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece."
49
"In Wales it's brilliant. I go to the pub and see everybody who I went to school with. And everybody goes 'So what you doing now?' And I go, 'Oh, I'm doing a film with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.' And they go, 'Ooh, good.' And that's it."
49
"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."
48
"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."
Film,
47
"Well, the studios don't really want to take those risks right off the bat. They'll take the risk after they've seen the finished product and say oh yeah we want that. This is a great film but they are hesitant to take the risk when you just see it on paper."
47
"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."
47
"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."
47
"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing."
47
"I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded - as it were - well, and certainly the important issues of the '50s - or even today - are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way."
46
"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."
46
"Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position."
45
"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."
Film,
45
"The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television."
45
"In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that."
45
"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."
Film,
45
"We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments."
45
"For this game, we shot it just like it as if it was a film so there wasn't that much different from doing a film other than some technical things for the costume that had to be done so they could transfer the footage later and make it look animated."
Film,
45
"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."
44
"There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival."
44
"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."
44
"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."
44
"I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways."
Film,
44
"I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now."
44
"Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to produce a script, indicate casting and put together a budget to present it all, but nothing beyond that."
44
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