Film Quotes

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. (Alfred Hitchcock)
All you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. View quote
Jean-Luc Godard
Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all. View quote
Stanley Kubrick
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film. View quote
Stanley Kubrick
Every great film should seem new every time you see it." Roger Ebert. View quote
Roger Ebert
The secret to film is that it's an illusion. View quote
George Lucas
This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country. View quote
Clint Eastwood
There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it. View quote
Ben Stiller
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film. View quote
David Cronenberg
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world. View quote
Alan Rickman
On film you put all your energies into a single glance. (Alan Rickman)
Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation. View quote
Daniel Day-Lewis
There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well. View quote
Ben Kingsley
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. View quote
Stanley Kubrick
Film spectators are quiet vampires. View quote
Jim Morrison
Film lovers are sick people. View quote
Francois Truffaut
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite. View quote
Federico Fellini
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me. View quote
Federico Fellini
A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together. View quote
Federico Fellini
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. View quote
Jean Cocteau
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. (Jean Cocteau)
I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer. View quote
Manuel Puig
In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable. View quote
Christine Vachon
What's interesting is that you can have a set that's very calm, very smooth, very cooperative...and end up with a terrible movie. And you can have a set that's really horrible as far as relationships and volatility, and come up with a great movie. Sometimes that energy gets infused into what ends up on film -- it's interesting in that way. View quote
Tobin Bell
I am full of doubts ... Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay. View quote
Juliette Binoche