Film Quotes
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Film is anti-language.
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I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.
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All things considered, if you're going to miss one film this year, make it Vanilla Sky.
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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 benefit of film is that you're shooting something for an intense period of time - and then it's over, and you move on to something else. In TV, you're doing the same thing over and over.
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A film like 'The Sixth Sense' burns an image of who you are into people's minds.
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I could make a film in front of a wall if I knew how to find the data of man's true humanity and how to express it.
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Truth is, generally I like film festivals; somewhere at some level there's an exchange of ideas.
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If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.
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I met Hugh Jackman, and I was like, 'I love your movies!' And, of course, he asked, 'Which one?' A reasonable question, but I blanked completely. In that moment, I couldn't remember a single film that Hugh Jackman had done. So I copped out. 'The recent one!' And that was one of his biggest disasters. Well done, me.
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Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
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I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.
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Your job is always the same if it's a juggernaut or if it's just one of these little jewels of a film that's gonna wind up at the Laemmle or something, so your job doesn't change whatsoever... give it your best shot.
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When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, 'What are you doing!? Tell me first!' There are so many restrictions.
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But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
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I always saw photography as a way to get to film.
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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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Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17 were we confronted with a documentary film of the opening of the Belsen camp.
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If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.
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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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What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions.
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No one can guarantee success of a film.
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I was on 'The O.C.' and had a small part, which wasn't very challenging. I was a bit bored, so I started shadowing directors and they finally gave me a shot. From there, it led to directing other television shows. I am trying to direct a feature film, so we'll see what happens.
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I don't mean to sound grandiose, but there's something universal that you tap into with films like Feast of July and Schindler's List. You know they aren't make-believe. They illustrate something about life. This is my major concern whenever I select a film
