Film Set Quotes

• Its always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.

  Holliday Grainger

  Beautiful, Film, Scene

  "Holliday Grainger Interview THE BORGIAS; Updates on BEL AMI and JANE EYRE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 30, 2011.

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• On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when.

  Christine Swanson

  Directors, Problem, Film

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.

  Hugo Weaving

  Creating, Kind, Film

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• Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.

  Gary Oldman

  Knowing, Finding Yourself, Trying

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• There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

  Ben Kingsley

  Running, Wonderful, Film

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• I certainly don't feel like I am desperate to run away from a film set. I love the hustle and bustle. Everything is sort of mad right before a take, and then it just settles, and you've got these two minutes of a bit of magic. I just love that in film.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Running, Two, Hustle And Bustle

  "The Legend: Jodie Foster". Interview with Saoirse Ronan, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

  Samantha Morton

  Fields, Film, Middle

  "A blonde with lots of bottle" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2002.

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• A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.

  Park Chan-wook

  Office, Want, Workplace

  "Exclusive: I'm A Cyborg Q&A". Interview With Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. April 4, 2008.

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• All sizes of film sets have the same level of excitement and friction and tension and then vast sections of boredom that define the process, so I love it all.

  David Hayter

  Boredom, Levels, Size

  Source: collider.com

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• I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Trying, Different, Film

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• There's an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it's where I've grown up.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Levels, Comfort, Film

  "Daniel Radcliffe Interview HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1". Interview with Steve Weintraub, collider.com. November 16, 2010.

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• For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.

  Shailene Woodley

  Art, Acting, Painting

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• Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.

  Ben Mendelsohn

  Kind, Film, Carnivals

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• On a film set everyone is very cool. Well, blase really.

  Anthony Daniels

  Film, Wells, Very Cool

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• In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.

  Ben Whishaw

  Preparation, Shooting, Rehearsal

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

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• Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.

  Deepika Padukone

  Stars, Thinking, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

  William Moseley

  People, Trying, Stuff

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• I get quite fed up being on a film set day after day, six days a week. It can get to be a grind.

  Josh Hartnett

  Six, Film, Grind

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• It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.

  Roger Moore

  Film, Tempting, Bad Things

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• The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

  Mara Wilson

  Directors, Film, Let Me

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• If I die on a film set when I'm 80, I'll be happy with that.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Film, Dies, Ifs

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• Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my whole life on a film set without taking a few years to do something else, all I would ever know about was film sets.

  Anna Popplewell

  Children, Years, People

  "Interview: Anna Popplewell on growing up in the Chronicles of Narna films". www.mirror.co.uk. June 26, 2008.

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• It can take a long time for some people to find out how to ground themselves, and film sets are an odd atmosphere to do it in - especially if, like me, you finished school early.

  Jonathan Rhys Meyers

  School, Long, People

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• Ridley creates a very immersive world, so when you walk up to a Ridley Scott film set you're in Ridley Scott's imagination, and it's a really comfortable, cool place to be.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Imagination, World, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• I'll do anything to keep everyone laughing. Things get too intense on film sets. I remember on The Elephant Man, I used to imitate a cat without moving my lips. David Lynch would say, "Cut! Sorry, we've got a noise somewhere on set." Everyone would be looking around for this cat.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Sorry, Moving, Cat

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