#film

If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book. ↗

— Clive Owen

#based #because #book #different #different thing

You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in terms of not having to be designed toward a marketing demographic. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#designed #different #different things #films #gain

You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#absolutely #adult #been #brilliant #dinner

All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie. ↗

— Gina Philips

#film #fun #horror #horror movies #i

There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you make, where you live... and that's something this film speaks to. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#care #challenges #difficulties #every #film

I'm much more experienced now, so I can find films that are interesting quicker and cut out the films that don't really matter. It means more to me now because my kids are going to see them, and I want them to be proud. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#cut #experienced #films #find #going

I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#choice #could #earnings #figured #film

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#film #make #reasons #sometimes #very

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#black #expressing #expressive #films #finally

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. ↗

— Roman Polanski

#disciplined #expression #films #follow #i