Film Excellence Quotes

James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

People saw 'Moonlight' because it was excellent.

I feel like Canadian movies should be as good or better than the competition because of the talent we have here. Someone like Ryan Gosling shouldn't have to come back here because it's a Canadian movie. He should want to come back because some of the best movies are being made here.

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

It's infrequent that that happens - great performances and magical cinematography and great direction.

For 'Toy Story 3' to be recognized by the Academy as not only one of the best animated films of the year, but also as one of the 10 best pictures of the year, is both humbling and overwhelming.

Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror in prestigious film festivals where supposedly the best films are arriving, from twenty films maybe you see two that are good, one that is so-so, and one that is extraordinary. And the other sixteen are terrible.

That experience [in Hail, Caesar! ] ruined me for all future experiences, because the Coen brothers are the best. They're arguably the greatest of all time, if there is such a thing.

I actually feel like comic book movies need to be better than your average movie.

Every industry has got its distinct identity. The Malayalam film industry is right up there with some of the greatest content, artistes and technicians.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

The majority of the time, we try to hire the best people that we can get just to make the best films, and I think that's something that Pure Flix has been known for the movies we produce on the budgets that we do... our production values have elevated this genre.

Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself.

I think great movies have to have some great moments in them to bring them up to that level.

A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films; a writer just needs to write three great books.