The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
Many secondary sources quote Lloyd George but we have not yet found a primary reference for this quotation.
I love drama. Drama is, like, my thing. I want a movie that will move something inside me, that's going to shift something and keep me thinking.
The whole purpose of filmmaking is to entertain the viewers and when it happens, it gives you a high.
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.
It's awesome to see something like 'Inception', which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that's rare.
The whole thing with animated movies is that it's very hard to get out of your head because it's very moving through each line systematically.
My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.
I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.
Cinema is about people, and we are a very emotional people. That is why you see those ups and those downs and those colours. That is what Indian cinema is about.
There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an amazing play.'
I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.
Whatever films I make, the mandate is that it should touch the audiences and engage them from the first scene.
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
Every filmmaker wants to get their audience talking.
A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around.
I think if you make a good movie, people walk away arguing.
There are lines that just stick with me, like I mean I still can remember it's like every line that I say from Nightcrawler, I mean it's just always there.