Quotes about Movies, Cinema and Directors

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.

When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

Cinema is an art form, a result of dedication of a number of people.

There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Cinema is a great binding force for a nation.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie.