Movie quotes

“You can tell a story clearly in the storyboards, but if you don't keep the correct focus in the animation, it can be ruined.”
Lee Unkrich

“I found myself initially making sort of personal documentaries. I became very interested in the idea of experimental narrative.”
Karyn Kusama

“I don't think I'm ever going to work on a movie again where I don't have final cut.”
Karyn Kusama

“I like the idea you can have the entertainment and the political idea in there.”
James McTeigue

“The film becomes like a Trojan Horse. You push it into the village as one thing and it comes out another thing.”
James McTeigue

“I don't think anyone wants to go to the cinema and get preached at. ”
James McTeigue

“I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.”
Anthony Minghella

“Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.”
James Mangold

“I've been able to make an incredibly wide range of movies and work with an incredible array of people.”
James Mangold

“A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.”
James Mangold

“Making movies is really tough. And it's stressful as it is, and I think that most of us got in this business because it's fun to make movies.”
Francis Lawrence

“I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.”
Francis Lawrence

“I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies.”
Steven Shainberg

“There's a kind of dream that movies sell to people.”
Steven Shainberg

“People who get into animation tend to be kids.”
John Lasseter

“I wouldn't want the kind of movies I do to become trendy.”
Álex de la Iglesia

“I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.”
Richard Donner

“The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.”
Alfonso Cuarón

“The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail.”
Alfonso Cuarón

“Once I finish a film, I don't ever see it again. Never ever.”
Alfonso Cuarón

“Chicago is a great place to make a movie: great crews, incredible visuals.”
Andrew Davis

“When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever.”
Joe Dante

“I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.”
Joe Dante

“People are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life.”
Nick Cassavetes

“I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.”
Sam Raimi