Film Quotes

They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.

Language is much closer to film than painting is.

Everyone plays their own crucial part towards the film.

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer.

I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies.

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them.

I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do at some point.

When you're promoting a film it's really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it.

I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.

I'm always a fan of a good horror film.

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.

I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.

I think right after 'Up in the Air' everyone wanted me to play the girl from 'Up in the Air,' and it took a little while for people to think of me as an actress from a film that they liked instead of just that character.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to stop the guy you're playing, they pay you millions of dollars. You get you a TV and break the player down yourself.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project.

I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I got jobs, you know?

I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me.

Comics? Honestly, that's more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film.

Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.