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Film Quotes
"Actually I did, because I saw the film like everyone else, ten years ago and I remembered some of it. I just wanted to see it, to kind of remember the tone a little bit."
13
"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."
13
"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."
13
"I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went."
12
"When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead."
Film,
12
"You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman."
12
"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."
Film,
12
"Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula."
12
"I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen."
Film,
12
"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."
12
"I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend."
12
"Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys."
12
"Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, to give them something which is entirely up to them to enter into the film and find these hidden things and whatever."
12
"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."
12
"Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat."
12
"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."
12
"I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders."
12
"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."
12
"This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there."
12
"I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would never be doing that again. It's just not me. I really am happy as a part-time film composer, not a full-time film composer."
12
"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."
12
"My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished."
12
"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."
Film,
11
"My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good."
11
"If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies."
11
"I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film."
11
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