Movie Quotes

I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think.

That's why I like old monster movie actors, because they transform into different characters or creatures.

I think if anybody is making a movie about your life something pretty incredible had to happen.

Eleven years is a great length of time to prepare a movie, it would be wonderful to have 11 years of funded preparation.

I don't generally watch the movie [ The House Of The Devil ]. It's sort of like hearing your voice on tape.

[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ's a friend of mine, I've known him for a long time, he's always like, "Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?" I finally called him.

It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.

With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take away from it. Plot is never something that's been my driving force as a filmmaker.

I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I'm even more surprised at how often they are correct.

If you make just a straight scary movie, people are just - you don't know what they're thinking.

I always feel like the less you say when you're making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything's going great.

It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget.

We can't make a giant sprawling movie. We're going to make a small movie. And what we got is what I could get, performance-wise.

I do think, even though I've made these genre movies, there's what happens in the movie and then there's what the movie's about. And for me, what the movie's about is so much more interesting.

If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.

Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of.

Really, I wanted to make a movie [Valley Of Violence] about: How does violence affect people? This is a take from me on how violence affects people.

I very rarely get actually sad when ending a movie.

Any man that has had a mother, has a sister, wants to be a father will find this [movie Bad Moms] incredibly eye opening and hysterical and funny.

You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.

I found Jumpy on YouTube. I wrote a movie about a guy with a dog and was like, "What have I done? This is going to be a nightmare. We're a small movie and we're never going to be able to do this."

"Well, we knew it. Women can't sell movies". That's what it used to be like. "Well, this movie did well, but it's a fluke."

There are people in the world who won't watch a movie that's in black and white. There's got to be a special place in hell for them.

To your point earlier if a female movie does well they're like "Oohhhh! I can't believe it did well! Maybe the next one will do well, too."

You can do a movie for Disney or not. People will still ask you inappropriate questions. So in order to answer it, do I feel like there's a difference in promoting it? Apparently not.

Just write what you love and what a movie you'd like to see.

I stand by every movie that I did. I don't regret any decision I made.

I'd rather be in love and have a baby than have a movie.

This is what many people in the movie industry don't get: when you express hostility to conservatives, many Americans feel that you're expressing hostility to them.

One of my favorite scenes of the movie [Valley of Violence] is when Ethan Hawke is sitting at the campfire with the dog.

Rocky is a very predictable movie. The ending is a foregone conclusion.

Of course, we talked about Westerns we like with [James Ransone in Valley of Violence] , but it was always thematically in relation to the movie and what the themes of the movie were.

The movie theater is never going away. If that was a case why are there still restaurants? People still have kitchens in their home!

I love pre-code movies. Some of my favorites are movies with Warren William and there is an MGM film called "Skyscraper Souls" which is the best Warner Brothers movie that MGM ever made.

People go 'You look a lot like Minnie Driver.' Once I said, 'Thanks, Minnie is a great actress.' But, it blew up in my face. This person said, 'Nah, didn't like the last movie she did.'

If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble.

I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

I just decided to make a movie. I had no training, no film school, but I had been to a lot of movies.

Friday means popcorn and multiplexes, speaking of movies, and it is the multi that is the problem. So many movie screens. The struggle of what to put on them.

I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.

Each one [movie] is very important to us and from a fiscal responsibility, filmmakers understand that it's highly personal for us and they've been great about it.

I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers.

The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.

I love how you can shoot a movie in a month or two or three of four, and it's this encapsulated story that you box up and ship out into the world, and what it is, is what it is.

Not every movie, in my opinion, should be in 3D. There are a lot of stories I wouldn't shoot in 3D. But, you know, there are movies that are perfect in 3D.

I don't do the running commentary as the movie's playing. I think you should be able to watch the movie without listening to me talk while the movies playing.

I've got to read the 'Hunger Games' before I see the movie.

My dad took me to my first movie.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called "Love for Sale," and that was my first role in any film.

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.