Film Quotes

"Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast."

"I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think."

"I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way."

"In film, I like transformation. That goes for the language, for the image, for the performance."

"I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something."

"The best way to watch a film is to not know anything about the person who made it."

"I want to see more sci-fi with black people."

"When I was young, I didn't see anyone who was trans like me anywhere in the movies."

"I realized that film can educate people of all ages in a far-reaching way."

"Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts."

"When you're scoring music for a film, it has to be interwoven with the narrative, it has to reflect the mood, the ethos."

"With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film."

"Romantic comedies are usually about when love works."

"It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character."

"In my view, relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships."

"In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl."

"People love teen movies because everyone can relate."

"I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies."

"I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies."

"I had done maybe three lines of dialogue, ever, before doing 'Death Proof.'"

"I think I want to produce action movies."

"This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own."

"HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism."

"The film should be the star."

"I want to make movies that touch peoples' hearts."