Film Quotes
-
There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker
-
I know why I make films -cinema is a mode of expression that allows you to express all the nuances of a thing while including its opposites. These are things that can't be quantified mentally; yet they can exist and be juxtaposed. That may seem very contradictory. Cinema allows you to film these contradictions.
-
My films are often characterized by the lack of women present in them, except for this last one Once Upon a Time in America.
-
I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.
-
I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.
-
I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books that are packaged to become films.
-
If I stop making films, I will die. I can tell myself that one day I will stop living. But I cannot bear the fact that the day will come when I will no longer be making films.
-
I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.
-
I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.
-
Making a film is to make sure that everybody looks forward to coming to work.
-
The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.
-
I have learnt a lot about theatre, and I would like to know the same about film.
-
Films are made all over the world all the time and only a thin slice of that product is Hollywood.
-
I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.
-
I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.
-
Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult.
-
If my life was a film, I’d have walked out by now.
-
People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.
-
It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume because a film has a predominantly Black cast, that it is a particular quality of film.
-
It is quite surreal having a film made about your life. The whole process of turning real life into drama is interesting in itself, but even more so when it is your own life being put into the narrative forge.
-
I always take part in the creative process of every film of mine. Gone are the days where an actor would walk into the sets, finish his portions, take the money, and leave. In fact, I've been accused of being interfering - but that's the way I am. It is important for every actor to get involved with the script.
-
The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each moment to be special and full of life.
-
If a film or any piece of work doesn't entertain, it fails - and that is using the word entertain literally, meaning it holds you there and you become absorbed by it so that you don't walk away and get bored and so on.
-
With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people.
