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It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat. -- Peter Capaldi
I have always thought we should think less about the British film industry as an entity, and more about getting British talent working. -- Eric Fellner
I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going no matter what. -- Peter Capaldi
Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there. -- Catherine McCormack
It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials. And I did some of the very first rock videos. -- Tony Scott
I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets. -- Ron Moody
The thing that runs through the British film industry even today is a lot of unsung movies are financially the bigger ones. Even though they weren't always the greatest of movies, something in them was very potent which people loved. -- Peter Capaldi
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. -- Mike Leigh
The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity! -- Peter Capaldi
I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don't make a commercial film, distributors can't get behind it. If they don't get behind it, the film doesn't do well. -- Noel Clarke
The Hollywood image of the movie business is all about ambition and high achievers like James Cameron. But the British film industry is much more about men who wear cravats and work with model trains and hope another series of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' will be commissioned. -- Peter Capaldi
The problem with the British film industry is the nervousness and insecurity about - and genuflection toward - Los Angeles. -- Mike Leigh

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