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"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

"If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean."

"If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

4

"It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film."

"It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

Film, Horror, News

4

"How would you like to find out how good my right is?"

"How would you like to find out how good my right is?"

Sonny Liston, American Athlete

4

"I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed."

"I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

Film, Media, Now, Writing

4

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

Ed Wood, American Director

Film, Supernatural

4

"I've always loved film more than theater."

"I've always loved film more than theater."

Laura Dern, American Actress

4

"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

4

"We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!"

"We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!"

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Film, Friends, Reality

4

"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

4

"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."

"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."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Propaganda, Want

4

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

Richard Linklater, American Director

4

"One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well."

"One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Film, Responsibility

4

"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."

"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."

Michael Pitt, American Actor

4

"In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered."

"In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

4

"You live for those really great scenes where you almost feel that the film has gone beyond what was printed on the script pages and been raised to another level."

"You live for those really great scenes where you almost feel that the film has gone beyond what was printed on the script pages and been raised to another level."

Tobey Maguire, American Actor

4

"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

4

"Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks! was certainly a special treat."

"Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks! was certainly a special treat."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

4

"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."

"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."

Alan Parker, British Director

Film, Recreation

4

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Film, Months, Now, Worth

4

"We didn't know about the rest of the world. We just knew the pictures that we saw on TV, and it was so different that we wanted to try to imitate that, to a certain extent."

"We didn't know about the rest of the world. We just knew the pictures that we saw on TV, and it was so different that we wanted to try to imitate that, to a certain extent."

Bob Livingston, American Politician

Film, Rest, World

4

"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."

"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Film, Confession, Tomorrow

4

"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."

"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."

Richard Farnsworth, American Actor

4

"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

4

"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."

"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

4

"Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better."

"Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

4

"We did this film in 13 days, mind you. And 13 days is not very long for a feature film. Nobody in their right mind would argue that. Nobody in their right mind would do that."

"We did this film in 13 days, mind you. And 13 days is not very long for a feature film. Nobody in their right mind would argue that. Nobody in their right mind would do that."

Kurtwood Smith, American Actor

Film, Mind, Right

4

"I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film."

"I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

4

"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

4

"We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels."

"We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels."

Shawn Wayans, American Actor

Film, Now, Press, Rest

4

"I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry."

"I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Film, Invention

4

"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller."

"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller."

Kevin Spacey, American Actor

4

"I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much."

"I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much."

Eric Dickerson, American Athlete

4

"I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is."

"I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

Film, Photography, Romantic

4

"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."

"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

4

"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

4

"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

4

"The presentation of hard core pornography, brutality and shocking language, from what I hear, is leaving the public jaded and tired of this kind of film."

"The presentation of hard core pornography, brutality and shocking language, from what I hear, is leaving the public jaded and tired of this kind of film."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

Film, Jaded, Language, Pornography

4

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

4

"If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings."

"If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings."

Marcel Carne, French Director

4

"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

4

"I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."

"I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

4

"Well, we run my ship differently. Any offer that comes in, I yay or nay it, no matter how insane it is. Like, if someone asks me if I'm interested in doing a porn film, the answer to that is going to be no, but it comes to me anyway. I'm responsible for making the call."

"Well, we run my ship differently. Any offer that comes in, I yay or nay it, no matter how insane it is. Like, if someone asks me if I'm interested in doing a porn film, the answer to that is going to be no, but it comes to me anyway. I'm responsible for making the call."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

4

"I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2."

"I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2."

Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian

4

"Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all."

"Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

4

"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

4

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