Film Industry Quotes

• The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer.

  James Cameron

  People, Answers, Saying No

  James Cameron, Brent Dunham (2012). “James Cameron: Interviews”, p.47, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• People have forgotten how to tell a story.

  Steven Spielberg

  Film Directing, People, Directors

  "One! the Book about Everything and Nothing!: Stories from One Male to All of You". Book by Chimie (p. 85), November 23, 2011.

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• Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save you.

  Danny Boyle

  Fall, World, Film

  "Danny Boyle’s Portrait of a Man". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 19, 2015.

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• I'm somebody who is very, very proud to have been a part of the British film industry all my life and to have kind of been involved with a very important piece of British film history.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Film History, Important, Proud

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues that reside solely within the film industry.

  Cate Blanchett

  Issues, Diversity, Directors

  "Cate Blanchett Knows You're Zooming in on Her Pores and She's Cool with It". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.marieclaire.com. February 29, 2016.

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• When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.

  Andrea Arnold

  New York, Independent, Home

  "Director Andrea Arnold On Her Next Film: 'It’s Going to Involve Lots of Wild Kids, Rihanna and a Bear'". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, blogs.indiewire.com. November 21, 2013.

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• Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.

  Mike Leigh

  Integrity, Real, Principles

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• I would like the [film] industry to be more aware of what they're doing to influence people for good and for bad. There's no doubt that we're affected by our environment

  Dorothy Arzner

  People, Doubt, Environment

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• It becomes easier to handle controversies when you are a part of the film industry. I just take them with
  a smile.

  Katrina Kaif

  Film, Easier, Controversy

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• It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.

  Charlie Cox

  People, Trying, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.

  Samantha Bee

  Television, Canada, Film

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• Once in a while a good opportunity would come along, like the first 'Playhouse 90 ever to air - working in television afforded me my best opportunities. The (film) industry was going through such turmoil at the time - studios didn't know where to go anymore, they were falling apart, television was there. They didn't know what kind of films people wanted. The European films were making a huge impact because those films wanted real people in real situations.

  Tab Hunter

  Real, Fall, Opportunity

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• The people who work in the fashion industry and the people who work in the film industry have a lot in common. They're very creative. Their eye is very aesthetic.

  Gal Gadot

  Fashion, Eye, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When I started acting in the film industry when I was 16 years old, in 1980, I was going to all the revival theaters in Los Angeles. They were playing mostly films from the '60s and '70s, some from the early '20s and '30s, before that Hays commission. Those films did question things a lot, and there definitely was a switch in 1934. You can see very distinctly in 1934, it's harder to understand what the real culture was. Films made before 1934, you can really kind of see the racism, sexism, drug use, etc. that was going on at that time. And then it was all stopped.

  Crispin Glover

  Real, Years, Drug Use

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There are many sides to me to who I am and my personality. I think the only thing that is rebellious about me is that I don't really have a lot of fears, as far as film industry is concerned.

  Megan Fox

  Thinking, Who I Am, Personality

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• The [film] industry, from the franchise on, has dramatically changed, not just with us, but with social networking. The social working has changed dramatically, especially in the way you promote films. It's instant.

  Tara Reid

  Way, Networking, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• The film industry gives you the opportunity to meet interesting people.

  Betty White

  Opportunity, People, Giving

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• When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Growing Up, Father, Directors

  "Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio Talk THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, THE DEPARTED, THE AVIATOR, GANGS OF NEW YORK, Jack Nicholson, and Much More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 9, 2014.

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• I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.

  Chika Anadu

  Long, Film, Industry

  "Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.

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• Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry.

  Chika Anadu

  Film, Genre, Industry

  "Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.

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• When you're working in the [film] industry and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Seeing the way that people hold themselves and compose themselves before a scene - it's inspirational.

  Asa Butterfield

  People, Way, Film

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.

  Om Puri

  Character, Boys, Years

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• Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.

  Om Puri

  Noses, Actors, West

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• Powerful, emotionally charged and worthy of every accolade the film industry has to offer. OCTOBER BABY will change you ... just open your heart.

  Judie Brown

  Baby, Powerful, Heart

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• The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

  Christopher Lee

  Inspirational, Long, Secret

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