Cinematic Works Quotes

Bill Condon has made some excellent movies.

I don't know how many movies I have made. Movies that pop into my head when asked are 'Momentum,' 'Loose Change,' 'Shelter,' 'Sipping Jetstreams,' and 'The Drifter.'

I love everything John Carpenter's ever done.

I get a lot of independent films from people who are starting out.

'Get Out' was born out of the genius mind of Jordan Peele, to whom I will be forever grateful for believing in me and allowing me to help him tell a story so dear to him.

I've made six or seven good films. The others, not so good.

I never think there's any competition between films. I root for everybody's films. I especially have a fond place in my heart for graphic novels and comics.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

The so-called intellectuals don't like my films.

I've been a big fan of Barry Jenkins for a long time.

There are movies I've made that I think no celebrations are in order.

An author entices the readers with their words, and it is painful for them to even lose a sentence. But films and books are two different mediums and should be dealt differently. What works in a book might not work for a film. When I saw 'Anna Karenina' on screen, I didn't like it at all, whereas 'The Godfather' was legendary.

I have spoken, and I was understood. It's not like I'm a tragic person who wasn't understood. All those books are in print, all those movies are still out there, the audience gets younger. So I don't have that "I've got to do one thing before I die." I did it.

One of the funniest things about Mr. Kaufman is that all of his filmed scripts - 'Being John Malkovich,' 'Human Nature,' 'Adaptation' and now 'Sunshine' - sound like titles from REM's 'Reckoning.'