Laurie Simmons Quotes

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

I am a film buff.

Basically, I was a very serious film fan. I watched a lot of cinema and contemporary and European film.

I'm a total cinephile. I try to watch everything I can.

I'm a cinephile. I love foreign films; I love films that are really immersive.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.

You would be surprised of films that people just don't see. You know what I mean? I'm always working and I'm a film buff but I'm an old school film buff.

I am a great movie buff, and I devour films regularly.

As filmmakers, we want the audience to have the most complete experience they can. For example, I interviewed Stanley Kubrick years ago around the time of '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I was going to see the film that night in London, and he insisted I sit in one of four seats in the theater for the best view or not watch the film.

I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.

'La Notte' is my favorite of the Antonioni pictures and my favorite work of the master cinematographer Gianni di Venanzo, who also shot '8 1/2' for Fellini.

I'm a gigantic musical film fan.

I love watching movies. I am a big movie buff.

I spent a lot of - too much of - my childhood watching movies and thinking about movies.

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

I wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don't pretend to be a connoisseur of films, no.

I am a movie buff - I even claim I am a Hindi film encyclopedia post 1988(only because that was the year I was born in... haha).

I love film criticism as an art. I think it's a very important thing.

When it comes down to it, I'm still in love with film - I'm a cinephile.

I've probably spent a good year and half of my life watching movies. I love it. It was something I knew I'd be happy doing.

Basically, I am a huge film buff and love watching all kinds of films.