Film & Cinematography Quotes South Africa

 
"If we stick to comic-book science, I'm afraid to say that it would definitely be Superman (even if Batman is by far my favourite superhero!)"
TNT's Guillermo Farre settles the Batman v Superman debate

"I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images."
Agnes Varda

"Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way."
Constance Wu

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
James Dean

"It's okay to be yourself and to love and accept yourself however you are."
Dee Rees

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."
Francois Truffaut

"Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything."
Nastassja Kinski

"At the risk of saying you should make a self-indulgent film for your first movie: you should make a self-indulgent film for your first movie."
Mark Duplass

"Image is an international language."
Marjane Satrapi

"Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I'm doing."
BD Wong

"Everyone experiences different parts of themselves at different times, these different parts of themselves that come out in different settings."
Amandla Stenberg

"We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves."
Rita Hayworth

"There is beauty and humility in imperfection."
Guillermo del Toro

"I'm more interested in being good than being famous."
Annie Leibovitz

"Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree."
Park Chan-wook

"I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain."
Andrew Garfield

"To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives."
Debra Messing

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
Steve Martin

"With the right talent, any director can be successful."
Kim Jee-woon

"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know."
Diane Arbus

"Shadow owes its birth to light."
John Gay

"You exist only in what you do."
Federico Fellini

"To be or not to be. That's not really a question."
Jean-Luc Godard

"I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving."
Alain Delon

"I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas."
Wong Kar-wai

"If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one."
Quentin Tarantino

"I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images."
Agnes Varda

"Negativity is the enemy of creativity."
David Lynch

"Is the cinema more important than life?"
Francois Truffaut

"I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much."
Sofia Coppola

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