Film Greatness Quotes

I just want to make great films and be good in them. And I think that my perception of what's great in a film is constantly evolving.

You don't need a high concept to make a great film, of course. 'Withnail & I' is not - it's probably not much on paper, but it's one of the funniest films ever made.

I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smell up the whole place. The most impactful movies were 'Godfather II' and 'Scarface'. I loved the human complexity, and those movies are so well shot. Cinematic greatness. I really stopped going in my early twenties.

Kurosawa was one of film's true greats. His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled.

The world does not want to see a Pixar film that's not great.

There are no great scripts - just great films.

When people ask me what makes movies great, it's the material.

I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.

Brando's one of the greats; what can you say?

The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies.

The greats are 'The Shining', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'Don't Look Now', 'The Exorcist' - those movies were not really slashers: they were about psychological terror and had very deep emotional backdrops. If we do our best, '6 Miranda Drive' can be that kind of a movie.