Jodie Foster Quote

Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life.

Quentin Tarantino

I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

Kevin Costner

Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

Francis Ford Coppola

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Jalal-Uddin Rumi

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

Laura Dern

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

Denzel Washington

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.

George Bernard Shaw

• Life

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

Salman Rushdie

I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

Alexandre Dumas

One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.

Sam Mendes

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Henry David Thoreau

I don't prefer much of film over stage. The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

Marisa Tomei

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

Bernardo Bertolucci

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

Alfred Hitchcock

Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.

Charles Goodyear

Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.

Juliette Binoche

• Change

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

Jodie Foster

I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages.

Ewan McGregor

• Politics

There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.

Antonio Banderas