Quotes about movie
movie enormous checks
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. Jack Vance
movie grateful endure
The Dracula movies are probably some of the most famous and enduring ones there are and I am very grateful to them, for sure. Christopher Lee
movie stars film
The so-called film star's lot is an infantile and precarious one ... Hildegard Knef
movie new-york cities
The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start a production company in New York City. It's a low-budget film company to produce and direct movies. Fisher Stevens
movie gambling would-be
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me. Federico Fellini
movie art believe
I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.
movie jobs writing
They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family. Francis Ford Coppola
movie hate people
People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams.
movie art men
Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.
movie golf play
I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.
movie thinking fog
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
movie kids car
When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in. Forest Whitaker
movie fun actors
How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun. Christian Bale
movie years acting
I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.
movie adventure thinking
I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
movie stars responsibility
A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother?
movie interesting actors
The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
movie play tvs
Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season. George Takei
movie failure aspirin
Movie failures are like the common cold. You can stay in bed and take aspirin for six days and recover. Or you can walk around and ignore it for six days and recover. Gene Tierney
movie able heroism
I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind. Gene Siskel
movie thinking america
I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them. Fiona Shaw
movie people black
I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan'. Henry Louis Gates
movie queens character
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as 'Tarzan' and in programs such as 'Ramar of the Jungle' and 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.'
movie creating stories
I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something. George Hickenlooper
movie gentleman flesh
[On Alfred Hitchcock:] Hitch is a gentleman farmer who raises goose flesh. Ingrid Bergman
movie crazy taken
In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.
movie favors arguing
Films tend to argue in favor of whatever they show. Jennifer Stone
movie taken mood
movies have mirrored our moods and myths since the century began. They have taken on some of the work of religion.
movie worst great-things
The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative. Jeffrey Wright
movie reason-why concern
And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns.
movie home walking-home
'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi. Jerry Orbach
movie character technology
Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops a little bit for me. It brings me out of the movie experience. Now we have the technology to cure that. Jeff Bridges
movie people actors
Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.