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"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."

"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."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

5

"The actual cheerleaders in our film are all Broadway dancers."

"The actual cheerleaders in our film are all Broadway dancers."

Brooke Langton, American Actress

5

"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."

"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

5

"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

5

"Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?"

"Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?"

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Film, Now, Television

5

"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."

"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

5

"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."

"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

5

"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

5

"I never enjoyed working in a film."

"I never enjoyed working in a film."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

5

"Film is a very intimate medium."

"Film is a very intimate medium."

David Morse, American Actor

5

"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing."

"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

5

"It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were."

"It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were."

James Franco, American Actor

Film, Relationships

5

"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."

"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."

Robert Stack, American Actor

Film, Television, Word

5

"Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways."

"Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways."

Major Owens, American Politician

Film, Information, Internet, Photography

5

"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

5

"One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors."

"One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

5

"Making your first feature film is actually impossible."

"Making your first feature film is actually impossible."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

5

"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."

"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Film, Eyes, First, Job

5

"I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me."

"I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me."

Beatrice Dalle, French Actress

5

"I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic."

"I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic."

Jim Varney, American Actor

Film, Shakespeare

5

"If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line."

"If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line."

Nick Nolte, American Actor

5

"I've never made a film using dialogue or speech."

"I've never made a film using dialogue or speech."

Kenneth Anger, American Author

5

"It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle."

"It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Film, Now, Old, Sales

5

"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

4

"I always approach film as a fan."

"I always approach film as a fan."

Michael Fassbender, German Actor

4

"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."

"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."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

4

"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."

"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

4

"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."

"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

Film, Rest, Theater

4

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

4

"But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing."

"But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing."

Jay Roach, American Director

Film, Approval, Rights, Will

4

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

4

"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

4

"I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot."

"I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

4

"Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina."

"Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

4

"The director is planning on titling the film 'Yummy Fur' so we are probably planning on changing the title of the book to 'Yummy Fur' to match the film."

"The director is planning on titling the film 'Yummy Fur' so we are probably planning on changing the title of the book to 'Yummy Fur' to match the film."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

4

"I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went."

"I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went."

David Naughton, American Actor

4

"John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film."

"John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film."

Mink Stole, American Actress

4

"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."

"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

4

"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

4

"Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it."

"Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it."

Jack Valenti, American Businessman

4

"Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant."

"Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant."

Brian De Palma, American Director

Film, France, Press

4

"It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great - everybody working together. Sometimes it didn't feel like a film set. It wasn't technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable."

"It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great - everybody working together. Sometimes it didn't feel like a film set. It wasn't technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

4

"This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are."

"This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

Film, Fun, Horror

4

"But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy."

"But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Now, Will, Years

4

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

4

"The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say."

"The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Film, Drama, State

4

"The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on."

"The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on."

Terry Southern, American Writer

4

"Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on."

"Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on."

Chris Cooper, American Actor

Film, Goodness, Theater, Years

4

"I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing."

"I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

Film, Play, Popular, Talk

4

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

Julie Christie, British Actress

4

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