Film Quotes
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Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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If the money's right, I'll do a film.
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My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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Let's say there are things about 'G.I. Joe' that you specifically expect and some things that need to be in the film at certain points, whether it be relationships or certain costume aspects.
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I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.
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For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I think I began getting really influenced by that whole punk scene around the age of 13 or 14-I went through that whole thing like the shaved head. I was always interested in what people called "the darker side," whatever that was, and the kind of look that you would see in the old horror films. So I let that become more of my persona.
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American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.
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I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. That was all anyone knew.
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I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
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People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about.
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Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
