Film Quotes - Page 40

• I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Mind, Actors, Television

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• Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking about a fight scene or a stunt sequence or even a love scene, for that matter, is by necessity it has to be choreographed very much like a dance. That being said, you have to rehearse it over and over again and find a mathematical precision.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Real, Fighting, Talking

  "Interview:Benjamin Bratt" by Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. July 20, 2004.

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• I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but I dip in and out of it.

  Billy Boyd

  Fun, Lying, Night

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• People are scared to make something that doesn't look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get 'Four Weddings And A Funeral' made again and again.

  Billy Boyd

  Mean, People, Funeral

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• We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated.

  Brad Bird

  Thinking, People, Trying

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• I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones.

  Brenda Blethyn

  Done, Littles, Bigs

  "'I think I'm quite good at my job'". Interview with Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2002.

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• A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit.

  Danny Boyle

  Trying, Directors, Looks

  "The sun is the star" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2007.

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• I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

  Danny Boyle

  People, Skins, Trying

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• I don't want to make pompous, serious films.

  Danny Boyle

  Want, Serious, Vivacity

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

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• I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.

  Danny Boyle

  Beach, Cities, Suits

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• Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.

  Delta Burke

  People, Tvs

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• I left my parents' home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.

  Demian Bichir

  Girlfriend, New York, Home

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• Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

  Demian Bichir

  Powerful, Epic, Issues

  "The Esquire Nominating Academy Presents: Demián Bichir" by Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. January 8, 2013.

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• When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!

  Demian Bichir

  Thinking, Want, Oscars

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• When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

  Demian Bichir

  Character, Trying, Littles

  "Demian Bichir Talks A BETTER LIFE, Chris Weitz, Auditioning for TWILIGHT: NEW MOON, and More at SBIFF". Interview, collider.com. February 5, 2012.

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• Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all.

  Don Bluth

  Clams, Enormous, Studios

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• I'm betting that in two years I'll be talking to you about a film that I shot on an iPhone. It's absolutely coming, I have no doubt in my mind.

  Edward Burns

  Iphone, Talking, Years

  FaceBook post by Edward Burns from Apr 29, 2012

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• It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.

  Edward Burns

  Stars, Independent, Matter

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• Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film.

  Edward Burns

  Independent, Actors, Shooting

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

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• The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.

  Edward Burns

  Directors, Actors, Way

  Interview with Maya Singer, www.ign.com. March 9, 2001.

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• I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

  Eli Broad

  Want

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• I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Independent, Work Out, Important

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• It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Sin, Making Money

  "Ellen Burstyn - part two". The Guardian interview at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2000.

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• I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions.

  Elmer Bernstein

  Years, Car, Association

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• Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.

  Elmer Bernstein

  Today, Ridiculous

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