Film Quotes

There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.

I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.

This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

Tim also has enough confidence so that it always looks like a Tim Burton film, but it really is collaborative. You're allowed to do it your way but of course he's always going to choose his way.

Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23. I studied journalism in college, but after school, I got a job in public television and I never worked as a journalist for one moment.

It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time where repression of expression is all the rage.

I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.

This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.

You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line.

I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise.

In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.

Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.

I can understand there are things like shadows they need to fix after a shoot, but it's unfair to represent an image of yourself if it's not true. They're gonna see what you look like on film anyway, so why try to cover all your wobbly bits in a photo?

Nowadays I construct my books as if they're film scripts.

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens.

My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.

As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.

The British Film industry in 1984 was not in a great shape.

Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they're always trying to get me in the water in movies! I've drawn the line now with this film. No more water!

I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.