23 Best film Quotes

I think it’s very important that we see ourselves reflected on the screen. – Michelle Yeoh

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. – Stanley Kubrick

You cannot make a movie without a very good script. The script is the foundation of the film. – Stanley Kubrick

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle. – Stanley Kubrick

In most of the films now, you don't get a chance to be bored. The moment it seems to be getting a little slow, they cut to something else. I think that's a mistake. – Stanley Kubrick

A film has to be a series of still photographs. That's film. – Stanley Kubrick

I like slow-paced films. I like the slow start, the gradual build-up, and then the rapid descent. – Stanley Kubrick

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. – Stanley Kubrick

Silence is so powerful. – Martin Scorsese

The story is the boss. – Quentin Tarantino

The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, regardless of where they see it, brings a unique set of life experiences to that viewing. – Steven Spielberg

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. – Alfred Hitchcock

A film is a reflection of the director's own heart. – Akira Kurosawa

A film is a picture of the wind. You can't photograph the wind itself, but you can photograph its effect on the world. – Akira Kurosawa

The essence of a good film is that it makes you forget you are sitting in a theater. – Akira Kurosawa

To say a film is good or bad is like saying a piece of music is good or bad. It depends on what it does to you. – Francis Ford Coppola

The best kind of movie is one that you can watch over and over again and always find something new. – Francis Ford Coppola

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. – Francis Ford Coppola

The most expensive thing in the world is a second of film. – Ridley Scott

Film is a controlled medium. It's about controlling everything that is in the frame. – David Fincher

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. – Ingmar Bergman

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. – Ingmar Bergman

I have never made a film that did not in some way touch upon my relationship with my parents. – Ingmar Bergman