Autobiographical Film Quotes

The film's star, Eminem, doesn't appear to have a great deal of range, but he can play himself. Even though the protagonist is named Jimmy Smith, the thoughtful '8 Mile' is a raw version of the rapper's own story.

I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal.

I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.

When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.'

When you have an actor on set who is playing themselves in a movie that is about the most cathartic, most traumatizing event of their lives, you don't even have to mention that.

The film [Dream of Life] looks at a time in my life.

'400 Blows' was so much like my own childhood, it really stunned me.

My mom was a psychic. And there's a movie called The Gift that I'd written years ago with Cate Blanchett which is loosely based on my mom.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

If you're going to have someone win because of their story, go write a screenplay about your life.

I had a cheat sheet because I knew Tarell [Alvin McCraney]. His movie is largely autobiographical. I knew about certain events in his life and some of the people he talks about. I had visited the place where he lived many times so I understood innately what that was.

I had always been wary of doing any autobiographical movies, truly feeling at home with fiction.

'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

I always felt that with an Antoine Doinel film, Truffaut was taking a vacation, that Francois could relax when making a Doinel film. All of the language came to him very easily. 'The 400 Blows,' I felt, was a collage of all his childhood experiences. Every time he felt an Antoine Doinel film was necessary, he'd make one.

I can do a documentary on myself, and it would be, like, 10 minutes.

'Bronson' was like, 'I'll do a movie about my own life.' And it became like an experiment.

I really don't think there should be a movie about me. That's for sure!

I went through a pretty serious illness early in my life and I made a movie about that.

I would never make a purely autobiographical movie, because it would be incredibly boring. But I always bring something. It's usually some emotional truth I've experienced, like in 'Get Him to the Greek,' the relationship between Jonah Hill and Elisabeth Moss, I had certainly had that kind of relationship with a girlfriend.

'To the Bone' is autobiographical. It's written and directed by a woman; it's starring all women, apart from me and Keanu, who are in lesser parts, and it's produced by women.

I don't think it's a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don't think my life is that interesting.

There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand.

The movie of my life must be really low budget.

I couldn't even contemplate anyone even making a film about my life!