Film Quotes - Page 12

• I saw 'Clueless' probably when I was about 8 or 9 years old. And, I had certain films that I would fall asleep so it was 'Clueless' for quite a long time, and I used to just watch it every single night and knew every single line, every single quote.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Fall, Clueless, Night

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• I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan. I literally love every single film. He hasn't made a bad film; I've seen every single one. They've all been brilliant, from 'Bottle Rocket' up to 'Moonrise Kingdom,' they've all been wonderful.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Fans, Bottles, Kingdoms

  "Saoirse Ronan, ‘The Host’ Star, On Playing Dual Roles & Wes Anderson Love". Interview With Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2013.

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• I don't feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don't really mix with the outside world; you're just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you've got so many people around you.

  Saoirse Ronan

  People, World, Way

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• I always approach film as a fan.

  Michael Fassbender

  Fans, Approach

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• I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.

  Michael Fassbender

  Independent, Thinking, Names

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• My ideal role would be the lead in a film with a director that I really appreciate and admire.

  Logan Lerman

  Appreciate, Directors, Would Be

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• There's a freedom there and an understanding of my career and the things I've done. I'm seen here as primarily a comic actor, which is OK, but I can go to New York and I do something that's very emotional. It would be lovely at some point to do something like that on film.

  Nathan Lane

  New York, Emotional, Careers

  "If there's a mouse, call Lane - Actor didn't 'paws' before taking on film" by Betsy Pickle, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, December 17, 1999.

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• David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Writing, Directors, Would Be

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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• I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Character, Thinking, Actors

  "Talking With Chiwetel Ejiofor". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 1, 2008.

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• There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.

  Josh Hartnett

  Mold, Break, Bits

  "Josh Hartnett Talks BUNRAKU and Roland Joffe’s SINGULARITY". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 30, 2011.

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• Ever since Poltergeist terrified me when I was 12, I can't watch horror films, I'm a real wuss.

  Josh Hartnett

  Real, Watches, Horror

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• I get bored with the same old film coming out every weekend. It feels like it's the same story all the time, and the same visuals, and the characters' dilemmas are remarkably similar.

  Josh Hartnett

  Character, Weekend, Bored

  "Josh Hartnett Talks BUNRAKU and Roland Joffe’s SINGULARITY". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 30, 2011.

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• It's not just women in film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who has had children and I think, they're the song lines of your experience, and why would you want to eradicate that? I look at people sort of entombing themselves and all you see is their little pin holes of terror... and you think, just live your life, death is not going to be any easier just because your face can't move.

  Cate Blanchett

  Girl, Song, Children

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'

  Cate Blanchett

  Thinking, Play, Theatre

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• Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life.

  Kelly Preston

  Priorities, Together, Firsts

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• I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Naked, Half, Want

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• I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Character, Gone, Emotion

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• I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

  Christine Lahti

  Thinking, Different, Sexist

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• I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started Homeland.

  Morgan Saylor

  Couple, Thinking, Tv Shows

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• I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening.

  Kyra Sedgwick

  Thinking, Important, Happenings

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• I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films.

  Kevin Costner

  Thinking, Masters, Painter

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• I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

  Kevin Costner

  Thinking, Want, Proud

  "Keeper of the flame" by Jonathan Freedland, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2001.

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• Carmen Jones was the first all-Negro film that became a great box-office success. It established the fact that pictures with Negro artists, pictures dealing with the folklore of Negro life, were commercially feasible. This was a sign of growth that had occurred in the United States and throughout the world.

  Harry Belafonte

  Artist, Office, Growth

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• Art, a book, a painting, a song, can definitely inspire change, whether it's a small change or a big change but you know there's novels I've read or a scene in a film that I've seen where I definitely inspired something and made a change or addressed an issue in my life or done something cliche like make a phone call.

  Rose Byrne

  Song, Art, Book

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

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• I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Sticks, Certain, Choosy

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

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