Quotes About British Cinema

#1. I left home when I was 16 because I was looking for adventure.

Gene Hackman

#2. We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Tryon Edwards

#3. Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.

Yahya Jammeh

#4. Be how you want to be received.

Allison Holker

#5. For British cinema to survive, you really need a British film culture, and it's got to start down there, with young kids watching films in the cinema - so they can be transported to a different world.

Gurinder Chadha

#6. I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.

Ed Speleers

#7. Avoid giving invitations to bores - they will come without.

Eliza Leslie

#8. Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.

Kevin Brownlow

#9. The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.

Karel Reisz

#10. The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as an actor. In America, the heritage of an actor is based on cinema mainly.

Brian Cox

#11. I'm very fond of the British cinema. I'm a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very inspirational, especially on the physical side of things. He really inspired me to get back into shape when I started to add on a few pounds. I think he's a great role model.

Steven Bauer

#12. You have to learn to balance work, family, a personal life; it is a part of life.

Juanes

#13. I'm not a Little Englander. Historically, British people have always been travellers. I look in the world as one place. You have to think in a global sense. Cinema is a global endeavour. My roots are in England but my endeavours are worldwide.

Jeremy Thomas

#14. The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren't a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.

Michael Caine

#15. Be brave, be bold and above all be honest, some people will hate you and some will love you but they will all see the real you

Renzo Gracie

#16. I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker.

Mike Leigh

#17. Take General Electric, for instance. Its happy ad jingle, "We Bring Good Things to Life," doesn't tell you that GE has been (1) a major maker of nuclear weapons parts,

Gloria Steinem

#18. I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.

Anthony Hopkins

#19. I firmly believe every book was meant to be written.

Marchette Chute