Historical Film Quotes

When I first read the script for 'A Little Chaos,' I just loved reading it, as it is a really lovely, accessible, contemporary period film.

I'm thinking about doing a First World War film.

'Kit Kittredge' was an amazing experience because I got to go to Canada, and it was my first 'era' film, so I got to wear the 1930s clothes, the real vintage clothes.

I was one of the actors in 'Braveheart,' and that had a huge impact on the political scene in Scotland. One of the results of that, in 2014 there's going to be a referendum in Scotland as to whether Scotland is going to be independent. A great deal of that was brought to the nation as a result of 'Braveheart.'

Yeah! I went to the set of Monuments Men.

'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.'

The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that was great stuff. Of course, in those days, Technicolor was really Technicolor; there was no such thing as desaturation. Everybody looked super suntanned.

Getting involved with 'Black 47' was like getting involved with 'Dunkirk' for me. I learned a lot. But 'Black 47' was my own history from my own country.

I've never done a period piece. That's something I'd be really interested in doing.

In 'The Birth of a Nation,' Griffith made audiences see the Civil War through his eyes - the eyes of the son of a colonel in the Army of the Confederacy.

One of my favorite movies is the old Depardieu film 'The Return Of Martin Guerre,' which is actually a true story and a book.

The idea of doing a period movie, some people say, "Isn't it odd that you're doing a period movie? That's a change of pace for you." And, I'm like, "Not really." When you're doing a science fiction movie, it's almost exactly the same.

Michael Fassbender is phenomenal in '12 Years a Slave.'

I feel I am blessed. So many actresses went without doing a period film in their career, and I got a chance to do one in my first film.

'The Imitation Game' is a celebration of Alan Turing's life and legacy, and Joan's final monologue is our eulogy. It's the thing we all wished we could have said to him.

'Dances with Wolves' really started the movement, using subtitles for Lakota Sioux and showing Indians as interesting, complex people - not just the enemy - and giving a lot of unknown Indian actors work.

Fortunately or unfortunately, 'Baahubali' has become a benchmark for all historical-costume dramas.

It's great that the story [Allied] is set in the '40s because the '40s feel to it is completely appropriate.

The best set was probably 'Bloody Sunday.' We had no money for extras and gambled on months of outreach to persuade the people of Derry to turn out and march for us on one single afternoon. And they did. In their tens of thousands. Seeing them march, their patience and their dignity and their commitment, I knew the movie would have a quality of truth.

I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!

Also I've got to say in the movie ["300"] Gorgo, who is the Queen, she has also a part that is - I think - I don't want to say, 'Oh look, it's multi-quadrant,' and all this. I believe that it is because I think my dad can see this movie and go, 'F**k yeah!

I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.

I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.

With 'Bajirao Mastani,' we have created history.