Film Quotes - Page 40

• I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.

  James Franco

  Teaching, Ucla, Years

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• I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Latin, America, Giving

  Guardian interviews at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2006.

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• I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Groups, Mexico, Clique

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2006.

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• I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life.

  Thandie Newton

  Use, Kind, Pleasure

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

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• It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.

  Naveen Andrews

  Writing, Color, People

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

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• I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great, in that way.

  David Anders

  Waiting, Way, Scripts

  "David Anders Talks THE REVENANT and ONCE UPON A TIME; Says 'GAME OF THRONES Is My Wet Dream'". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 18, 2012.

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• When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

  Rob Brydon

  Stars, Children, Kids

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

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• I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.

  Ellen Page

  Sports, Grew Up, Feels

  "Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page: Bosom Buddies". Interview with Jessica Henderson, www.marieclaire.com. September 9, 2009.

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• I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is conspiring against you, because you're not necessarily able to tell what's real and what's not.

  Gus Van Sant

  Real, People, Feelings

  Interview with Madonna, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2010.

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• It'd be interesting to see a film from an alien perspective. Maybe we're the weird ones.

  Lizzie Brochere

  Interesting, Perspective, Aliens

  "Talking About Aliens with Lizzie Brocheré". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. October 16, 2012.

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• I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.

  Moon Bloodgood

  Watches, Fiction, Comedy

  "Moon Bloodgood Exclusive Interview FALLING SKIES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 16, 2011.

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• I was miserable in West Side Story. They really miscast me. I came from the Midwest; what they really needed was a guy that was street smart. The first time I saw the movie, I had to walk out. I looked like the biggest fruit that ever walked on to film. My character was so weak.

  Richard Beymer

  Smart, Character, Guy

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• I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.

  Samantha Barks

  Careers, Musical, Doe

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• Yes, there is some thought about making a film of My Name Is Asher Lev.

  Chaim Potok

  Names

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• I had the feeling that Sarajevo was the perfect place to shoot the film I wanted to shoot. It is the perfect illustration of purgatory.

  Jean-Luc Godard

  Illustration, Perfect, Feelings

  "'Cinema Is Over'". Interview with Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. April 29, 2005.

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• Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Opportunity, Actors, Want

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• Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I'd say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood.

  Amitabh Bachchan

  Emotional, Singing, Hollywood

  "Interview: Amitabh Bachchan". Interview, edition.cnn.com. July 10, 2007.

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• When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it.

  Andre Benjamin

  Watches, Looks, Shooting

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• Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?"

  Annette Bening

  Mean, Opportunity, People

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

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• Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Film And Television, Feels, Approach

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• I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but I dip in and out of it.

  Billy Boyd

  Fun, Lying, Night

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• People are scared to make something that doesn't look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get 'Four Weddings And A Funeral' made again and again.

  Billy Boyd

  Mean, People, Funeral

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• I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones.

  Brenda Blethyn

  Done, Littles, Bigs

  "'I think I'm quite good at my job'". Interview with Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2002.

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• A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit.

  Danny Boyle

  Trying, Directors, Looks

  "The sun is the star" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2007.

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• Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.

  Delta Burke

  People, Tvs

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