Film Quotes
-
The difference between working on Asian and American films is in the producer and director; everyone has their own style. But, Hollywood has a lot more money; they can spend a lot on films, and time. In Europe, there's a small budget and thinking about commercial. Only budget and taste is different between there and Hollywood.
Hiroyuki Sanada
-
When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.
Mike Figgis
-
I think that every film should have its own structure, and that's the beauty of film language - is that we get to express that deeply individualistic side of ourselves.
Brian Lindstrom
-
I'm one of those people that think that what you put up on screen, no matter how you're stating it, is usually an advertisement for it. Even if I'm saying "it's really bad to do this, or it's really good to do this" - regardless, the fact that it's on film, presented in this huge way, is appealing.
Azazel Jacobs
-
The joy of a period film is that you're taken to another world. The costumes determine the way you move, and then consequently the way you breathe. And then, the way you breathe effects the way you think.
Rhys Ifans
-
From where I started to where I'm at right now I'm loaded in retrospect to the opportunities that I have. As far as money and the scheme of the world, I don't cash in. I do films because I'm sensitive and maybe stupid, and that I feel like I'm going to have fun on and feel like I'm going to have a good experience with. It's not about punching in and selling soap.
Michael Pitt
-
I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever.
Sean Lennon
-
I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
Catherine Deneuve
-
Growing up, I didn't have television. My dad would make up stories and tell me stories, so my imagination ran wild. When I did see films, which was very few and far between, that was such an interesting medium that was so new to me. It wasn't something that was just part of my life, so it was really appealing and so different that I enjoyed that.
Shiloh Fernandez
-
Dialogue that's distinctive, funny, peculiar, and specific is the main thing that makes me want to get involved with a film to begin with.
Terry Zwigoff
-
As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.
Chika Anadu
-
Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.
Stephen Frears
