Films Quotes

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?

I've always had the perspective that roles come into my life when I need them most and sort of teach me lessons. The same can be true of films, films are released into society to aid in a lesson, inspire people, comfort people.

To make films like 'X-Men' work commercially - and also have some class - is one of the hardest things there is to do. I want to be seen to be able to cross lots of genres and still be 'fair dinkum,' as we say in Australia, which means genuine and true and, well, unique.

In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.

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.

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!

I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.

The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern.

The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies.

The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films.

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.

I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films.

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25.

Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience.

I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

I must stick with Chinese language films.

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films.

Some films I say no to and they end up working very well, but I don't care, I just want to do something exciting.

I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

I prefer to write music for family films. I like people.

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.