Film Quotes
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I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.
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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.
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I've realised that to make a successful film, you have to be with a unit which is happy and positive from the beginning.
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I'm happy to work. I know things have changed recently, but I tend to prefer film. I don't know what it is.
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My favorite film involving scarves was little Edie in 'Grey Gardens.' I often wear scarves like that, under hats.
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You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
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Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.
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Films are made all over the world all the time and only a thin slice of that product is Hollywood.
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I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.
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I like doing personal films, after doing a bigger movie, I enjoy doing smaller, intimate films.
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As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.
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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.
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The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.
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My favourite films are in languages I don't understand.
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There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker
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I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.
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When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.
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Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.
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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.
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We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel.
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I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.
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It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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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.
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I cannot bear to look at a film that I made before 1990. Maybe 1985. There's no sense even trying to explain it. I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives me nuts, so I don't look at anything.
