Movie Quotes

I never thought that I would be labeled something like Generation X because of that movie ( Reality Bites ). I had no idea going into it, and it wasn't a label I could relate to.

But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that.

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

I did so many comedies that we've had numerous discussions about horror of film and I've always been really hesitant to do so because the last thing I wanted to make was a horror movie.

If I had to go through a tunnel ten years without making any movies like Bunuel, I don't mind, as long as I did one good movie.

On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.

I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.

Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there.

I was a mess when the movie [Into the Forest] ended and I had to say goodbye. It was one of the hardest endings.

A lot of people go to the movies wanting the movie to be about feelings, and it's really not about that. Or rather it's about feelings in the abstract.

That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward with that character that survived with the first one.

The point of your life is to point to Him...it is His movie, His world, His gift.

Actually, when I'm not filming a movie, my beauty approach is really natural - I prefer a bare face that looks really healthy and dewy.

I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.

The first movie that made me cry was Dead Poets Society. That one gets me. O Captain! My Captain! That moment kills me.

I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.'

My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

The ultimate idea of rags-to-riches success in America is the Hollywood movie star.

You can have a role in a movie that was originally something minor in terms of screen time, and all of a sudden we see something and go, wow, that's cool.

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

A lot of the commercials that I was doing were very slice-of-life, emotional, documentary-style, not big and cinematic and ultimately like the kind of movie I wanted to make.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

Someone needs to make a zombie movie where when you get bit it turns you into a singing and dancing extraordinaire.

I'm not some movie star relying on a studio. I have my own fans and I earned them.

I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.

I was so grateful that Lemony Snicket wasn't the worst movie ever made that I overlooked many things that might have otherwise upset me.

I find that if somebody is writing and drawing a comic book, planning it to be a movie and a game at the same time tends to lead to a pretty lame job.

Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

The way I feel about you, it's like I finally understand what Lionel Richie is singing about. I mean, what we have, it's like movie love.

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

I relate to any prison movie, as long as it has some authenticity.

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.

Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed.

I always dreamed of being a voice in a Disney movie, and even in those dreams, I never once dreamed of being a princess. I just wanted to be a voice.

I feel like the movie is reminding people of who they are, which is what I think all great art does.

Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?

Movie offers are out there for me, I just don't hear them yet.

I love hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach or just being a couch potato and binge watching TV shows or watching a good movie.

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all.

I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just trying to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order.

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end.

Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen, prettiest girl that I ever seen. See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean.

It doesn't matter how good the movie is. What matters is what it takes during the opening weekend. It's slightly distressing sometimes but that's how it works.