Ingmar Bergman Quotes

I think as storytelling has changed, you know, it's kind of turned into kind of hyper-reality movies.

The worst thing about film, from my point of view, is that it cripples illusions which I have encouraged people to create in their heads. Film doesn't create illusion. It makes them impossible. It is a bullying form of reality, like the model rooms in the furniture department of Bloomingdale's.

There are very few films that work like a novel.

Cinema has become my life. I don't mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily reality is simply there to provide material for my next film.

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.

I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.

The best movies are rooted in reality.

All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.

In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.

Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.

Cinema is a reflection of its own society.

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I think it is the mirror of the world.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

I just always had a love for television and movies.

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward.

Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.

Be it cinema or TV, I have always been interested in taking up challenging projects.

I was born into a world in which the most compelling stories are through film. But that wasn't always the case. Everything changes; everything evolves.

Film has to reflect the real world.

I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.

Ultimately, cinema is an actor's medium.

Technology is a very important part of cinema.

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