I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera. Steven Spielberg
My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films. Brigitte Bardot Soul
I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action. Elia Kazan
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
Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most. Francis Ford Coppola
Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film. Isabelle Huppert
I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star. Natalie Portman
I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days. Francis Ford Coppola
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. George Orwell
Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film. Claudia Schiffer
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. Peter Jackson
Being horrible in a big film is a quicker nosedive than doing an obscure film and making no money. Renee Zellweger
I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work. Shia LaBeouf
Men want girls. Most men want little girls. They want them in film. They want to look at them. That's all they want. An evolved man is not going to look that way. Rosanna Arquette
When I make an American movie it's going to come out all over the world-it doesn't happen the same way for an Italian film or a French film. Monica Bellucci
I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days. Martin Scorsese
So how critics will perceive your film or your work, or whether your movie is going to make $100 million at the box office, or whether you are going to be winning any awards - well, you have no control over that. Charlize Theron
I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to meet them and spend a few special moments with all those who helped me through my filmed career. Tony Curtis
I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films. Kevin Costner