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"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."

"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

44

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

43

"I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!"

"I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!"

David Lynch, American Director

43

"I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos."

"I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

43

"Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point."

"Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Film, Hollywood

43

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

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

Roman Polanski, French Director

43

"A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."

"A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Film, Theatre, Worth

43

"The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium."

"The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium."

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

43

"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

43

"Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film."

"Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film."

Don Bluth, American Artist

43

"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis."

"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis."

Albert Finney, British Actor

Film, London, Tennis

43

"My first movie was this independent that I did on the Erie Canal in 1995, called Erie, that I don't know if you could even get, actually with Felicity Huffman. And then from that I did this film that was eventually called The Broken Giant later that fall. And then I kind of started getting into doing pilots."

"My first movie was this independent that I did on the Erie Canal in 1995, called Erie, that I don't know if you could even get, actually with Felicity Huffman. And then from that I did this film that was eventually called The Broken Giant later that fall. And then I kind of started getting into doing pilots."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Film, First, canal

42

"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."

"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

42

"I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in."

"I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in."

Willem Dafoe, American Actor

42

"The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed."

"The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

Film, May, Succeed

42

"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

Emir Kusturica, Serbian Director

42

"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."

"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Film, Fun, Irony

42

"I grew up on film scores and scores from films."

"I grew up on film scores and scores from films."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

42

"It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets and space and planets - all a fairly straightforward evolution from what I had been doing before."

"It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets and space and planets - all a fairly straightforward evolution from what I had been doing before."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Film, Evolution, Space

42

"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey."

"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

42

"I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff."

"I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

Film, Old, School

42

"I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world."

"I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Film, Man, Now, World

42

"A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture."

"A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture."

Uwe Boll, German Director

42

"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

42

"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."

"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

41

"Film has to describe and show."

"Film has to describe and show."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

41

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."

Julie Harris, American Actress

41

"Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film."

"Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film."

Richard Lester, English Director

Film, Day, Night, Profit

41

"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."

"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

41

"I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen."

"I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen."

Richard Linklater, American Director

41

"There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make."

"There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

41

"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."

"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

41

"Well, you'll find the most boring part of it is the waiting, at least if it's in films anyway. Television's a lot faster, but the product... I don't think it's as good as a film."

"Well, you'll find the most boring part of it is the waiting, at least if it's in films anyway. Television's a lot faster, but the product... I don't think it's as good as a film."

Lee Hazlewood, American Musician

Film, Television, Waiting

41

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Film, Future, Now, Years

41

"Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!"

"Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!"

John Cleese, English Actor

41

"I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express."

"I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

41

"Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned."

"Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

41

"Everyone plays their own crucial part towards the film."

"Everyone plays their own crucial part towards the film."

Tom Felton, English Actor

41

"The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika."

"The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

41

"You are not an active creator of the film."

"You are not an active creator of the film."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

41

"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

41

"I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell."

"I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Film, First, Hell

41

"By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director."

"By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

Film, First, Psychology

40

"I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman."

"I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman."

Richard Donner, American Director

40

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Reason, Romantic

40

"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

40

"In film, you are a totally different person than in the video."

"In film, you are a totally different person than in the video."

Aaliyah, American Musician

40

"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"

"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

40

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

40

"I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas."

"I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

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