Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

Having a movie that lasts and makes your image imprinted into the history of cinema, it's very positive.

There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

It's difficult to find new solicitations, new expressions. But this is talking about filmmaking. Cinema.

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously.

I'm delighted at the warm reception in Tamil and Hindi cinema despite the fact that I am from Karnataka.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

Slumdog Millionaire has been a great achievement. It has opened the doors of Hollywood for Indian cinema.

My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.

Cinema should always be in touch with the soil of the country. My films celebrate the heartland of India.

When I'm doing theatre, I prefer to be doing cinema. When I'm doing cinema, I prefer to be doing theatre.

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

In Berlin Jews controlled almost one hundred percent of the theaters and cinemas before the rise to power.

I find that I always also manage to incorporate a simultaneous reflection on cinema history into my films.

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.

In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.

American films, it's a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art.

Coming from Akkineni family, I could say I was drawn into cinema, but nobody forced me to become an actor.

I've known Venkatesh Maha since 2015 and we often discuss several things related to cinema and filmmaking.

Film is pop art. It's not whether it's auteur cinema or not; that's a false distinction. Cinema is cinema.

I've seen 'Legend'. I like a different kind of cinema, but when done with conviction, anything looks good.

That's the funny thing about cinema, it is an intellectual medium, but it's also sort of anti-intellectual.

Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.

I got a degree in architecture for the educational experience but in terms of career, everything is cinema.

It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.

With 'The Conjuring,' I really wanted to create classical cinema-style film-making, pure cinema as it were.

Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough.

I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.

Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.

We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.

Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.

Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.

Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.

Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second.

I have my own ideas when it comes to making cinema. My films should be of my liking and suit my convictions.

Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you.

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.

I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.

I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.

I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage.

'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we're echoing what's been done way in the past.

I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm.

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