Top 75 Good Film Quotes

For me, when I choose a script, I put my heart and soul into it, and that is exactly what I look for in a film. A good film is a good film. And if it’s a bad film, irrespective of whether it’s made 300 crores or 200 crores or any amount of money, it doesn’t matter to me.

I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I’ve always thought that setting out a set of rules before you start, and then being completely consistent with them, is the only way to make a really good film.

I’ve always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it’s a good film.

I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else’s movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn’t such a good film in Spanish, either.

I’m hoping one day I can make one really good film.

Men need to change their mentality. Talent has nothing to do with gender. If you’re making a good film, you should always support that.

Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.

None in the ‘Madras’ team knew what to expect. We were just sure that we were making a good film.

For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.

‘Villain’ succeeded because we were genuinely working towards a good film. We worked hard and with a lot of conviction.

As a Western, ‘The Magnificent Seven’ was a pretty good film. I don’t think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as ‘Seven Samurai.’

I’m not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that’s usually when they have a very, very, very good film, and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter.

A good film is a good film.

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He’d be a good film professor.

Every good film is a bit like a dream, when you come away from it. That’s what you should aspire to, rather than some social document. I want to create a little world that will stay with the audience.

I am only looking forward to good film script. It doesn’t matter if the role is a supporting or a standalone role.

To me, a good film is one that can keep me engaged for two hours.

The word ‘star’ is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star, then your reason of being in this profession is wrong. It amounts to abusing the art.

Certain scripts require an ensemble cast. I’m absolutely fine with that. I will not deprive myself of the chance to be part of a good film because of insecurities or fear of losing my market. But my role must be well-defined.

My proudest moment is when I’m part of a good film, when people are touched by it.

I don’t think a film that has no effect on people or society is a good film.

I remember a few years ago, two of my films – Gulzar Saab’s ‘Hu tu tu’ and Shakeel Noorani’s ‘Bade Dilwala’ – were released simultaneously. ‘Bade Dilwala’ suffered although it was a good film.

Being a part of a good film is always satisfying and when audiences also accept your effort, it gives you twice the joy.

Making a film – particularly what I think is a good film – is the result of a team of people, and the end result has many, many hands on it.

There is nothing wrong in playing parts in a good film.

If you’re clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.

Hawks is great, ‘The Treasure of Sierra Madre,’ ‘The Big Sleep’… He could do the Salt-of-the-Earth very well. He was a very smooth director; a very good film architect in terms of his storytelling.

I’m not dark; I’m not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it’s a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don’t think, ‘Oh, I’ve done X amount of dark films.’

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you’ve got to get it right.

When you go into a film, you read it, and something clicks for you, and you like it, and you sign on for it; you go for it. You know that this is going to be a good film, and that is your best hope. Past that, it’s a crap shoot – you roll the dice.

My ambition in life is to be associated with a good film. And I feel that a writer has a more important role to play for the society than an actor.

I believe in the theory that one cannot make a good film; it just happens.

Any good film you see gives you enough motivation and adrenaline rush to produce good content, while a bad film can get you so angry that you produce even better content.

Whether it’s me or Mallika or anybody, I always say that ‘Tezz’ is a very good product and it is a very good film.

I need weird breakages to happen for music to feel true to life, and I think that also applies to good film scores.

I have gained a lot of confidence in my process of making films. It does’t mean I’ll make a successful film or even a good film, but I know how to make my film.

I would like to say to as many people as possible that please go and see the film ‘Jaana,’ because we all have worked hard to make it a good film.

I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

I want to feel happy doing a good film and don’t want to look at cinema with a materialistic yardstick.

If you make a good film, then there’s no harm if it achieves commercial success.

When ‘Dum Maro Dum’ came my way, I took it up without thinking that I was crossing any boundary. It was a good film, and I wanted to do it.

When ‘Aashiqui’ was released nobody knew that it will be such a good film… it is a cult film.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who’s driving it.

It wasn’t really my intention to make movies quickly – it’s more to do with the reality of the Japanese film industry. That’s been the only way for me to change my situation; to prove how little time you need to make a good film.

If you’re sitting in the audience, you probably can’t see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or a great part, but I can assure you that a good film depends on lot of different things falling perfectly into place.

A good film is always a good film and a good story is always a good story.

First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

I think a director is hugely responsible for the fate of a film, so if it does well, he should be appreciated. As an actor, I can only perform well or choose to work with a good director in a good film.

When a filmmaker tries to make a good film and if he gets success in that then definitely it’s a nice feeling.

‘Prem Granth’ was a good film, but it didn’t work.

A jolly feel good film with Vadivelu playing the comedian along with Rajni at his humourous best is ‘Chandramukhi.’

I think actors get paid a lot and technicians don’t get paid enough and I think that it should change because a good film, which is like a complete package, needs every single member of that team. I think we need to pay them more.

It’d be great to do some other TV. ‘Breaking Bad’ is definitely my home, but I’d love to have a nice hiatus gig, like a recurring role. Or to do a good film. I’d like to do a Woody Allen movie. I really didn’t have a plan, and that’s okay with me.

You can make a really good film for under a million dollars, like ‘October Baby,’ or under a half million, like ‘Hardflip.’

I have always believed if the intention is right, it’ll be a good film.

I just love films and any time you get to see a film with a good story, no matter how much money you have for visual effects, if the story isn’t good it won’t be a good film.

I like receiving attention for the things that I do, like a good film.

I didn’t have a lot of good film coming out of college. Also, my height didn’t help me at all. I ran a decent 40, but no one would call it blazing speed.

To make a good film is an art. Gender is irrelevant when it comes to craft of filmmaking.

You don’t set out making a film that will rake in 100 crores; you just want to make a good film.

I don’t want to be a bad performer in a good film.

I started with veteran K. Balachander sir, who called me for his series ‘Anni.’ He promised me that he would make sure that I get good film offers as well.