Film Quotes
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I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.
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There are literally a thousand works with the title Malcolm X in them. There are over 350 films and over 320 web-based educational resources with the title Malcolm X, yet the vast majority of them are based on secondary literatures, that is, not on primary source material.
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I've done a lot of TV, but not film.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.
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Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.
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I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
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So I was asked to do horror film after horror film, a series of about five, after that, and some of those were a little too gruesome. I wasn't too comfortable all the time in those. I didn't really care for them.
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I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.
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TV is obviously so different from film: because it's a never-ending process, it keeps going; you keep receiving new pages.
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Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.'
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I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat it outside. Ironing my vintage tea towels while watching old black-and-white film noir movies and sipping one martini with extra olives - a quirky combination, but it works.
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I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.
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I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.
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When you're struggling to get a feature film off the ground, there's no big overarching tenure plan or anything like that.
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Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
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They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.
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I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.
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If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.
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I've always loved film more than theater.
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The Song Remains The Same is not a great film, but there's no point in making excuses. It's just a reasonably honest statement of where we were at that particular time. It's very difficult for me to watch it now, but I'd like to see it in a year's time just to see how it stands up.
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I like being the lead but I like being in an ensemble. There are different challenges and dilemmas with both. If you're carrying a film, there's a certain weight, but there are a lot of scenes to explore the character. When you're in an ensemble, you have to convey the entire character in a limited number of scenes.
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Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.
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It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater.
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I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.
