#film

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised. ↗

— Bill Paxton

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When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#compete #filmmaker #level #out #really

But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about. ↗

— Alexander Payne

#been #big #big problem #country #days

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. ↗

— Alexander Payne

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It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#better #doing #films #group #hard

Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#comfortable #creativity #feel #films #freaked

I think there is a feeling of old Hitchcock in there. There are parts that are tributes to some of the old great horror movies and the old great filmmakers. ↗

— Gina Philips

#filmmakers #great #hitchcock #horror #horror movies

Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project. ↗

— Lou Diamond Phillips

#box #bring #diversity #does #dramatic

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#exist #film #independent #independent film #only

I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say. ↗

— Tyrone Power

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