Good Films Quotes

• The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

  Edward Dmytryk

  Skills, Humanity, Littles

  Edward Dmytryk (2012). “On Film Editing”, p.145, Taylor & Francis

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• But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

  Patricia Clarkson

  Luxury, People, Film

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• The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?

  Eriq La Salle

  Insomnia, White, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.

  Eli Wallach

  Years, Play, Philadelphia

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

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• I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for.

  Michael Biehn

  Play, People, Care

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

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• I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em. I like the feel of it and it's something I respect. It doesn't make any difference whether it's a crappy film or a good film. Anyone who can make a film, I already love. But I feel sorry if they don't put any thought in it because then they missed the boat.

  John Cassavetes

  Sorry, Differences, Ems

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• With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Real, Fire, Expression

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• A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together.

  Federico Fellini

  Together, Film, Opening

  Federico Fellini, Damian Pettigrew (2003). “I'm a born liar: a Fellini lexicon”, Harry N Abrams Inc

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• I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.

  Vilmos Zsigmond

  Thinking, Needs, Cinema

  "“Cinema Needs Good Images”: An Interview with Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond". Interview with Kaleem Aftab, filmmakermagazine.com. May 29, 2014.

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• As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.

  Ajay Devgan

  Writing, Giving, Scripts

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• I don't think a lot of really good films get seen.

  Liv Tyler

  Thinking, Film, Requiem

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• A trap screenwriters can fall into is making scripts that are good reads, which doesn't necessarily mean it will make a good film.

  Peter Straughan

  Fall, Mean, Good Reads

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• I'm not in a situation where you get a thousand scripts. You want to make a living, you want to put your kids through school. I'd rather do three bad films that pay well than do one good film every three years that doesn't pay well. ... To me, if you can get a steady check in this business, you're doing okay.

  Eugene Levy

  School, Kids, Years

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• In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret.

  Susan Sontag

  Film

  Susan Sontag (1983). “A Susan Sontag reader”, Vintage

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• You can always make a good film but for it to be successful, you need God's blessing.

  Yash Chopra

  Successful, Blessing, Needs

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

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• I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

  Brendan Fraser

  Independent, Mean, Arabia

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• I should have my own show by now. Yeah. How many damn sitcoms does Kelsey Grammer need? How many more stupid Housewives do they need throwing tables and limbs at each other. Yeah, I guess I need to take off my artificial leg and throw it at Vanderpump. I like doing live shows - it's just getting to them that's a hassle.Doing films is fun too ... a good film ... but there's a lot of waiting around.

  Judy Tenuta

  Fun, Stupid, Waiting Around

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Movie, Art, Gambling

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

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• I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.

  Logan Lerman

  Want, Film, Contributing

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• A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

  David Mamet

  Movie, Able, Scripts

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

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• I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Independent, Thinking, Eccentric

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• Let's get a couple of things straight. It hasn't been years and years since I made a movie. I'm not coming back from the dead - I've just had two kids! I have no intention of retiring, but I do think it's impossible to do movie after movie, because there aren't that many good films made.

  Julia Roberts

  Retirement, Couple, Kids

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• I think making a good film shot is joyful.

  William Shatner

  Thinking, Film, Joyful

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• When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

  Lars von Trier

  School, Film, Form

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• One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Daughter, Mother, Age

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