Film Knowledge Quotes

I think I heard about 'The Giver' being made from when I was 11 or 12 years old. When I got the audition for this movie, I already knew that Meryl Streep was attached to it, and Jeff Bridges, obviously.

I couldn't spell anything. I couldn't remember anything, but I could go to a movie and I knew who starred in it, who directed it, everything.

Here's the thing about 'Cabin in the Woods.' I did virtually no research on this movie.

I have to be honest: I've memorized 'Titanic.'

I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man, I became a film critic precisely because of my knowledge of cinema. I did better than others because of this. Then I moved on to screenwriting. I wrote a film with Sergio Leone, 'Once Upon a Time in the West.' And then I moved to directing.

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

I love 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Exorcist.' 'The Shining' is a great one too, but there's not a lot that scares me. Maybe it's because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out.

I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.

I was a bit of a film nerd as a kid.

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 did not go to film school.

I like Soderbergh, Spielberg, Lucas. There's a lot of talented guys out there obviously, and if you're a fan of films, you have to look at that stuff and learn from them.

I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.

I've been lucky to be educated by watching the old and the great movies, working with good filmmakers, and being educated on sets.

Film is a very specific world in which I don't think you really need to go to film school.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

I've never seen 'Gone with the Wind.' I don't know if that's something to be embarrassed about, but I know that I should have seen that movie by now.

He tried not to love that she could recite scenes from Ghostbusters, that she liked kung fu movies and could name all of the original X-Men— because those seemed like reasons a guy would fall for a girl in a Kevin Smith movie.

Criticism is okay from people who know the finer points of cinema.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

I'm not a big film buff; I like watching films, but I tend to forget them.

I came from Hyderabad and didn't know the difference between commercial and parallel cinema.

I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.

I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this.

Lana looked at me like I’d just said I’d never watched Bring It On, or something.