Movie Quotes
The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good.
My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead characters was named Lark. She decided then she would name me and she stuck to it, and here I am.
School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.
Watching a movie should be like hunting. Out of context, every image of the cinema is yours for a split second. Take them before they bury it.
Every actor I ever meet goes, 'Ultimately I plan on having my own company and write and direct,' but yes, I too would love to write and direct a movie. I want to do a play, too. I want to do it all.
I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.
One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.
In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.
It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more.
I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.
I'd love to find a small movie that someone would sign off on me to do. I have no aspirations to do a big studio film because I don't think anyone would let me.
All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.
The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.
To me, the movie is more funny if, at the same time, you can think a little bit or dream a little bit.
We may be reaching the end of the era in which individual movies meant something to people. In the new era, movies may just mean a barrage of images.
I think 'The Lost World' could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics.
Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.
If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.
Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved.
A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.
Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very simple. The market will value you.
I consider it a great honour that my movie Drive inspired so many wonderful artists to come together and create one ultra-cool glam experience.
The movie stars and matinee idols are put into the public domain by photography. They become dreams that money can buy. They can be bought and thumbed more easily than public prostitutes.
I grew up going to school and high school and then shooting a movie for a few months. It's an odd way to grow up and is kind of forced maturity.
Music makes me come alive. I love to sing and dance! Watching a great movie with a great message.
I'm not interested in doing a simple, straightforward action movie, unless they want to pay me lots of money.
It's an exciting time, when you can make your movie on a cellphone. If it's good, it WILL get noticed.
Inevitably you're going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour.
We think we’re in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past.
I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.
If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you will ask them to tell a story that you don't know.
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.
There are so many elements and nuances from the books that are very hard to tell in the length of a movie.
It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible.
If you try to target a movie at kids, you end up with something that makes parents take a nap.
One of the annoying things when you're in a movie is that gets talked about is everyone projects meaning onto everyone's intentions.
My closet is full of sad little scripts that didn't get made that have sad endings. It's very hard to get a movie made that has a sad ending.