Kathryn Newton Quotes

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

Film is just a great medium to express yourself and a great environment to work around.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

Cinema is a form of art, and like every other art form, cinema also needs freedom of expression.

I'm not the greatest reader. I feel like I have a bit of dyslexia or something, and that's probably why I became a filmmaker. I have the need to communicate, the need to tell stories; and the need to understand stories led me to movies.

One of the wonderful things about making a film of any genre is that you have dialogue. You can take up a position. If you want to say something about your position, you can just say it. You don't have to spend massive amounts of screen time.

Film for me became how I related to everything else.

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore.

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.

Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think.

Entertainment is a great form of being able to tell a story and to spread a message.

If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.

Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. Yes, it should entertain, but cinema is made to convey a message, to say something.

I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something.

I think that cinema is medium of communication. It's as valid as novels or fine art.

I had some great times doing competitions, but I have always been more into making movies because making movies is more about art and expressing yourself in a creative way.

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility.

I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.