Film Quotes - Page 27

• I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

  Kevin Costner

  Thinking, Want, Proud

  "Keeper of the flame" by Jonathan Freedland, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2001.

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• Carmen Jones was the first all-Negro film that became a great box-office success. It established the fact that pictures with Negro artists, pictures dealing with the folklore of Negro life, were commercially feasible. This was a sign of growth that had occurred in the United States and throughout the world.

  Harry Belafonte

  Artist, Office, Growth

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• I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.

  Sally Hawkins

  Thinking

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• You always want your films to go as far as they can.

  Sally Hawkins

  Want

  "Sally Hawkins: 'You think adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be capable'". Interview With Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

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• I heard today was the day Kurt passed away 17 years ago. Can’t believe it’s been that long. So grateful for his contribution and inspiration. Not sure I’d be doing this if it weren’t for him. He gave us all permission to create no matter what our skill set and reminded me that dreams are possible. Thanks for that. This made me recall a short piece of film I shot when I heard they were making a film celebrating his life. I made it to explore the character and explore creative possibilities. I never sent it to the studio or to anyone but thought I’d share it now...

  Jared Leto

  Dream, Inspiration, Grateful

  "Jared Leto becomes Kurt Cobain: Touching tribute or horrible blasphemy?" by Kyle Anderson, ew.com. April 6, 2011.

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• I've realized that what you think of when you make a 'big movie,' if it's actually a green screen movie, it's like doing independent New York theater because you don't have any backgrounds or props. So it's kind of like making the lowest budgeted film you could possibly imagine, plus $100 million.

  Emile Hirsch

  New York, Independent, Thinking

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• Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

  Julie Walters

  Lovely, Stage, Exciting

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• When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor. I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Successful, College, Kenya

  "Lupita Nyong'o" by T. Cole Rachel, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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• I did theatre a lot when I was a kid. Then I went to acting school in New York. I did a lot of behind the scenes in college. I wanted to learn while I had the time. I studied theatre and film in different capacities.

  Justin Bartha

  New York, School, Kids

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• I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

  Justin Long

  My Favorite, Type

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• I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.

  Taye Diggs

  Able

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And I would never accept a film because of the money. I have enough money.

  Virginie Ledoyen

  Enough, Accepting

  "'DiCaprio? I wouldn't wish his life on anybody'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2002.

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• I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come.

  Jean Reno

  Romance, Trying, Graves

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• Apart from the National Film Awards, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value
  to. My personal experience about these award ceremonies is that I don't trust them. I have no faith
  in them so I would prefer to stay away.

  Aamir Khan

  Awards, Giving, Award Ceremonies

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• I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me.

  James Spader

  Years, Two, Term

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I’m an optimist and I can’t help but feel hopeful about the future of film - especially looking at all the beautiful people in this room. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’ I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up.

  Jessica Chastain

  Beautiful, Kings, People

  "Watch Jessica Chastain’s Impassioned Speech For Diversity In Hollywood" by Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2015.

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• A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Independent, Reality, Harsh

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like working on big budget films.

  Freida Pinto

  Bigs, Budgets

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• I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters. The topless Interview shoot was one of the ones where I said: 'OK, I'm fine doing the topless shot so long as you don't make them any bigger or retouch.' Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are. I think women's bodies are a battleground, and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.

  Keira Knightley

  Photography, Thinking, Long

  "Is Keira Knightley's topless photoshoot the best form of protest?" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2014.

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• They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Political, Film Set

  "Eddie Redmayne On ‘My Week With Marilyn,’ And Which Old Screen Legend He Would Have An Affair With". Interview with Gazelle Emami, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2011.

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• With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

  Penelope Keith

  Drama, Play, Gone

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• Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director will have a day, without exception, where they just can't do it anymore, they don't know what to say to their cameraman, their cast. It's the sign of real, physical exhaustion.

  Peter Mullan

  Real, Trainspotting, Directors

  Guardian interview at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2003.

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• The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.

  Peter Mullan

  Made, Enjoy, Maverick

  "Scotland’s Indie Film 'Orphan' Peter Mullan". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. March 08, 2000.

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• We're in a time now where technology is such that we can create anything, and that's what's new about television and film these days.

  Jennifer Morrison

  Technology, Television, These Days

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would love to do a really cool romantic comedy, perhaps with Hugh Grant. I think he is brilliant. That's the kind of film I love to go to see. I love 'girls' films.

  Sophia Myles

  Girl, Thinking, Comedy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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