Cinema quotes
191 cinema quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- La trovi in Actors and Art
“As any other form of Art, cinema is only important if used to open doors to discussion and to talk about the things that you don't want to hear. Otherwise it's just a mere object of vanity.”
“Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage.”
- From the movie: Call Me by Your Name
“Cinema is a mirror of reality and it is a filter.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“John Ford isn't exactly a bum, is he? Yet he never gave me any manure about art. He just made movies and that's what I do.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“Film is too vast a medium for self-indulgence. It's a dangerous tool and you must be responsible when you use it.”
“Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket, the least understood and the least noticed.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing industry.”
“I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.”
“I don't necessarily like going to the movies.”
“American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“We are having problems relaunching cinema as a popular art.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.”
- From the movie: Florence Foster Jenkins
“Oh, you think that I didn't have ambition? I was a good actor. But I was never going to be a great actor. It was very very hard to admit that to myself. But once I had, I felt free from the tyranny of ambition. I started to live.”
- From the movie: Mank
“John Houseman-All I am saying is, no one can write like that.
Herman Mankiewicz-But I can write like that, Houseman. I have. The narrative is one big circle, like a cinnamon roll. Not a straight line pointing to the nearest exit. You cannot capture a man’s entire life in two hours. All you can hope is to leave the impression of one.” - La trovi in Acting Coaching
“In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.”
- La trovi in Spare Time in Hollywood
“Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.”
- La trovi in Actors and Art
“Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.”
“The Marvel world is a pure joy to be a part of.”
“Most of my heroes had started out in the theater, so I was always doing plays, and I think initially it was just an escape and also a transcendent freedom that I discovered on the stage that I didn't feel anywhere else in my life.”
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