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"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

9

"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

9

"For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave."

"For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave."

Jacques Rivette, French Director

9

"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

9

"I'm me, I live from film to mouth."

"I'm me, I live from film to mouth."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

9

"I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one."

"I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

9

"Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement."

"Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

9

"Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists."

"Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists."

Alan Parker, British Director

Film, Ireland, Irish, Rain

9

"Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way."

"Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

9

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

David Naughton, American Actor

9

"I die in almost every film I've been in."

"I die in almost every film I've been in."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

9

"I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot."

"I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Film, Golf, Pretty

9

"I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me."

"I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me."

John Milius, American Director

9

"Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums."

"Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums."

Joe Morton, American Actor

Film, Job, Television, Theater

9

"I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on."

"I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on."

Tyrese Gibson, American Actor

9

"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."

"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."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

9

"I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know."

"I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Film, Hollywood

9

"Film is a very intimate medium."

"Film is a very intimate medium."

David Morse, American Actor

9

"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

9

"I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it."

"I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it."

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British Composer

Film, Key, Nothing, Theatre

9

"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

9

"It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters."

"It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters."

Robert Altman, American Director

9

"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

9

"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

9

"But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place."

"But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Film, First, Right

9

"But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie."

"But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie."

Katherine Dunn, American Novelist

Film, Animation

9

"On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film."

"On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Film, Imperfection, Necessity

9

"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

9

"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

9

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

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

Kenneth Anger, American Author

9

"In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!"

"In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!"

John Badham, British Director

Film, Gravity, Light, Space

9

"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

9

"It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me."

"It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

Film, First, Present

9

"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

8

"I played the best role I've ever seen on TV or film in the last five years. It was hugely gratifying."

"I played the best role I've ever seen on TV or film in the last five years. It was hugely gratifying."

Sherry Stringfield, American Actress

8

"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

8

"Film has to describe and show."

"Film has to describe and show."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

8

"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

8

"I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film."

"I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film."

David Ginola, French Athlete

8

"I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer."

"I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Film, Kids, Man

8

"A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'"

"A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'"

Jim Caviezel, American Celebrity

8

"No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite."

"No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

8

"It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?"

"It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?"

Richard Donner, American Director

8

"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

8

"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."

"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

8

"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

8

"I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head."

"I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head."

Ken Burns, American Director

8

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