#film

I'd have been a filmmaker or a cartoonist or something else which extended from the visual arts into the making of narratives if I hadn't been able to shift into fiction. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#arts #been #cartoonist #else #extended

The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#actor #black #black and white #film #ford

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety. ↗

— Barry Levinson

#brooks #chance #films #got #high

How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? Nothing! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something they need... I'm not that kind of actor. I'm blue collar and very replaceable. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#alexander #because #become #blue #blue collar

I think one of the main reason's Rick Rosenthal and Whitewater PIctures decided to 'get in bed with me' on 'Fat Kid' was because I came in with a strong business plan as well as a creative vision on how to make the film. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#bed #business #came #creative #decided

Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry. I think it's a new golden age of film-making. With that, there needs to be the ability to recoup investment dollars, people need to make money. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#age #almost #barriers #broken #dollars

English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different. ↗

— Bai Ling

#china #culture #different #different places #english

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#did #during #film #i #los

I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film. ↗

— Hamish Linklater

#cliche #film #hate #i #myself

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#experimental #films #get #i #i think