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"One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention."

"One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Flying, Intention, Moments

12

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."

"The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it."

John Huston, American Director

Film, Day, Loneliness, World

12

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

Roman Polanski, French Director

12

"Film scores are often based on short themes, and it helps if you've got some way of developing these themes and making them sometimes last 4 minutes and sometimes last 40 seconds. One ends up doing it subconsciously."

"Film scores are often based on short themes, and it helps if you've got some way of developing these themes and making them sometimes last 4 minutes and sometimes last 40 seconds. One ends up doing it subconsciously."

Anne Dudley, English Composer

12

"And I'm auditioning right now for a movie, and then I have a script that I'm reading right now for a horror film, and I'm meeting for a couple of television shows that I just had yesterday, and pretty much was offered one of them."

"And I'm auditioning right now for a movie, and then I have a script that I'm reading right now for a horror film, and I'm meeting for a couple of television shows that I just had yesterday, and pretty much was offered one of them."

Trishelle Cannatella, American Celebrity

Film, Horror, Meeting, Now

12

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

Film, Nudity, Right

12

"You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film."

"You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Needs, Want

12

"For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film."

"For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

12

"On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries."

"On a low-budget film, you don't have all the luxuries."

Lukas Haas, American Actor

11

"That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!"

"That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!"

Rick Yune, American Actor

11

"I've only used my own voice about four times on film."

"I've only used my own voice about four times on film."

Ian Hart, English Actor

11

"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."

"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

11

"I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!"

"I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!"

David Lynch, American Director

11

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."

Julie Harris, American Actress

11

"The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'."

"The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'."

Jenny Agutter, English Actress

11

"When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film."

"When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film."

Nick Nolte, American Actor

11

"Film then does not promote socialist revolution in any consistent way."

"Film then does not promote socialist revolution in any consistent way."

Mark Poster, American Cultural Theorist

Film, Revolution

11

"I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do."

"I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do."

Julie Harris, American Actress

11

"I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist."

"I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

11

"I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell."

"I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Film, First, Hell

11

"I worked on a film short with Frank Sinatra when I was a kid."

"I worked on a film short with Frank Sinatra when I was a kid."

Dwayne Hickman, American Actor

11

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

10

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Reason, Romantic

10

"It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s."

"It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s."

Robert Towne, American Actor

Film, Now, Past

10

"Phillip Harrison was the production designer, though, I think he's uncredited. He's done most of my films like Blue Thunder. Lots and lots over the years."

"Phillip Harrison was the production designer, though, I think he's uncredited. He's done most of my films like Blue Thunder. Lots and lots over the years."

John Badham, British Director

Film, Production, Years

10

"I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest."

"I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest."

Eric Roberts, American Actor

10

"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

Emir Kusturica, Serbian Director

10

"Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique."

"Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique."

David Lean, British Director

Film, Job, Reality

10

"You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk."

"You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk."

George Clooney, American Actor

Film, First, Talk

10

"If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean."

"If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

10

"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."

"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."

Ron Moody, British Actor

10

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."

Ed Wood, American Director

Film, Supernatural

10

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

Richard Linklater, American Director

10

"I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images."

"I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images."

Agnes Varda, French Director

10

"It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves."

"It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves."

Alan Cumming, Scottish Actor

10

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Film, Months, Now, Worth

10

"It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were."

"It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were."

James Franco, American Actor

Film, Relationships

10

"I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express."

"I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

10

"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."

"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

10

"This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there."

"This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there."

Weegee, American Photographer

10

"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."

"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

10

"I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it."

"I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

10

"I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck."

"I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

Film, Luck, Project

9

"There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film."

"There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film."

Ben Edwards, British Entertainer

9

"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."

"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

Film, Rest, Theater

9

"If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies."

"If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies."

George A. Romero, American Director

9

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

9

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

9

"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."

"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

9

"I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean, Miramax was doing it, and it had a kind of legitimacy to it. And once I read the script, I was there."

"I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean, Miramax was doing it, and it had a kind of legitimacy to it. And once I read the script, I was there."

Adam Arkin, American Actor

9

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