Film Quotes
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I did my first film when I was in the final year of my graduation. At that time, I was still a kid, and I couldn't read the industry very well.
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I'd like to do a really masculine film.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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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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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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So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
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Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
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I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need a lot of money. Even for a cheap movie, you need film stock and equipment and actors.
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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've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.
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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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When I was a film critic, the reason I kind of found it disenchanting was because the things that I wanted to talk about were the ideas in the movie, the theme of it, and contextual elements that weren't necessarily central to the story. But the only thing people really wanted was a plot description and how many stars I'd give it. It didn't matter how much effort you put into writing a piece, they looked at it solely as a consumer's guide toward going or not going to films.
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On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.
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When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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I was very excited to work with Nick Jarecki and, of course, to be in a film with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon!
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
