Everything I know about life, I learned at the movies. #MovieWisdom
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“All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.”
Davis (@SteveMartinToGo) in Grand Canyon (1991)
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“Cinema is interior movement. For me, film-making is combining images and sounds of real things in an order that makes them effective. What I disapprove of is photographing things that are not real. Sets and actors are not real.” — Robert Bresson
Remembering the Maestro Robert Bresson on his 125th birthday.
“There’s no ‘bad at sex.’”
Billy Presley (@GillianA) in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun
“Intellectual property from decades ago is basically the only thing anyone’s willing to spend money on anymore, what with the capitalism being so late and all.”
Kris (Hannah Einbinder) in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun
“A man’s home is his castle.”
Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) in The Castle (1997)
Written by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy & Rob Sitch
Directed by Rob Sitch #TheCastle
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Akira Kurosawa on how to become a master at screenwriting:
"In order to write scripts, you must first study the great novels and dramas of the world. You must consider why they are great. Where does the emotion come from that you feel as you read them? What degree of passion did the author have to have, what level of meticulousness did he have to command, in order to portray the characters and events as he did? You must read thoroughly, to the point where you can grasp all these things. You must also see the great films. You must read the great screenplays and study the film theories of the great directors. If your goal is to become a film director, you must master screenwriting."
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I take ALL notes seriously. But if someone fundamentally doesn’t get your thing, chasing their fixes can be dangerous. By draft six, they still won’t like it—and now you don’t either. #screenwriting
“History’s merciless. And it only goes one way: onwards. It marches on and on and on. And what if it never swings back?”
Melba (Paul Rhys) in Tip Toe Episode 2 (2026)
Written by Russell T. Davies
Directed by Phil Hoar
“Never steal anything from someone you can’t outrun.”
Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer
Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Directed by Christopher Nolan
“What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient; highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate.”
Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Inception (2010)
“The more you kill, the easier it gets.”
Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) in 28 Years Later (2025)
Written by Alex Garland
Directed by Danny Boyle #28YearsLater
“Memento amoris. Remember you must love.”
Dr. Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) in 28 Years Later (2025)
Written by Alex Garland
Directed by Danny Boyle #
“A new dawn will break over the darkened world. And our mistakes will once again be forgotten.”
Odysseus (Matt Damon) in The Odyssey (2026)
Written for the screen and directed by Christopher Nolan
Based on The Odyssey by Homer
“Saucy woman makes a good mistress, bland woman a good wife.”
Michele (Tiberio Murgia) in I soliti ignoti aka Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Story by Age & Scarpelli | Screenplay by Age & Scarpelli & Suso Cecchi D'Amico & Mario Monicelli
Directed by Mario Monicelli
“You can’t keep the same high forever.”
G.T.O. (Warren Oates) in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Screenplay by Rudolph Wurlitzer and Will Corry | Story by Will Corry
Directed by Monte Hellman
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Tom Cruise tells every actor: spend time in the editing room and learn what Brando already knew about the lens
“I always tell actors, spend time in the editing room. Produce a movie and really understand and study movies, study old movies, study new movies.”
“Recognise what the composition is giving you, from comedy to drama. Know what those lenses are and know how to use it to your benefit and understand the lighting.”
“You look at guys like Brando in The Godfather, he knew what Gordon Willis was doing. He absolutely understood the lighting and the lenses. And all the greats, they understand it.”
“Fight with your head, not with your heart.”
Bowen (Dennis Quaid) in DragonHeart (1996)
Story by @moonwatcher1 & Charles Edward Pogue
Screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue
Directed by Rob Cohen #DragonHeart
“Death isn’t so much about missing the person as missing the relationship you could’ve had with them.”
Ruben (Richard Gadd) in Half Man Episode 6 (2026) #HalfMan
Written by Richard Gadd
Directed by Eshref Reybrouck
“People say quitting’s for cowards but it’s actually one of the bravest things anyone can do.”
Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) in Mother Mary (2026)
Written and directed by David Lowery #MotherMary
