Films Quotes

You want to see women your own age in films.

In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment.

The financing of my films has always been international.

Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both political and partisan in nature.

I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.

I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.

A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid.

Even if there are a lot women in films, there are few who are lesbians, that people know about.

I like films to be complete in their written form.

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.

No matter how widely spread out the films are, how different, you still are you.

Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.

I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day.

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.

There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.

Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.

Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.

When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way.

One of the characteristics of plays that are made into films is that they can be very talky.

And the reason for that I think is that in Australia our films don't get the exposure, so the process is foremost. But anyway, I love being part of the team and hate being stuck in a corner somewhere.

Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films.

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.