Zal Batmanglij Quotes

I wouldn't have had the life I've had without movies.

I have been a fan of movies from a very young age, and somehow, the magic of that - every single time I hear something or read something that could be made into a wonderful film or something somebody is asking me to be a part of - that connects. It just makes me feel like I'm going to be part of something magical again.

I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century.

I loved movies ever since I was a kid.

I love the magic of movies and television, and I always have since I was kid.

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.

Since the time I was a kid, I used to love big films.

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

That's the time I remember as a kid, being so excited to go to the movies. To be part of that now is really an amazing gift.

My first love will always be movies.

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

A lot of movies are made to make us dream.

Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.

What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.

So you see, movies are really another dimension.

Cinema is a world of imagination.

Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.

I love going to the movies; I grew up going to the movies. I didn't really watch TV, growing up, other than weird cartoons like 'Beavis & Butt-Head.'

I grew up going to movies. My daddy was the projectionist, so we got in for free.

I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.

I grew up watching a lot of film.