Film Quotes
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.
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I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
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When I was young I used to sit in the cinema thinking wouldn't it be great if you could have a film in which the characters were like real people instead of being like actors.
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I've had horrible days where you wake up with a zit, and you have to film, and it's terrible.
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I want to do theatre and film and direct my own things and develop.
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I don't really want a film as a present; you can get me a diamond ring.
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I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.
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The theater and film, they're like two completely different mediums.
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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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The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't know my films.
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My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
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The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.
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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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The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.
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Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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How has The Grand Illusion held up over the years? It is not enough to say that it has retained its power. Not only has the stature of the film remained undiminished by the passage of time (except in a few minor details), but the innovation, the audacity, and, for want of a better word, the modernity of the direction have acquired an even greater impact.
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There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.
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If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.
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Through the history of my records, from when I started controlling the visual, I always used lower case letters for everything, I can't even explain why that is. The character is actually me, and I think once you see the film for the record, or see the video or really get in to the record, that will all sort of reveal itself to you.
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A period film is a gift for a cinematographer.
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I always saw photography as a way to get to film.
