Movie Quotes

The ideal life is you don't sell a single magazine, nobody's interested, but they want to come see your movie. Because that gives you true freedom.

One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

If you love movies, then you love America.

The sorrow of not being movie stars overwhelms millions.

It's the best part of the whole movie. John Malkovich with a pink pig is - you can't get better than that. Then John Malkovich alone and then you add a pink pig.

if they make me watch that movie one more time, I will fall down on my knees and beg for mercy

I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies were not that convincing.

When I see the first dailies on any movie, I usually feel that I had no idea how this combination of ingredients was going to mix together, what it was going to produce.

Sometimes when you're editing a movie, you have the thing that you don't expect - which is you make it longer and longer as you go along.

There was a lot of anger among critics that I had not made a sexy movie.

Working with kids is usually very fun. They get so into movie and they're up for anything. Usually they're having such an exciting experience, everybody feels that.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

I don't know what is in store for the movie business any better than anybody else does, but it does seem like my kind of movies are a little trickier than it used to be - or maybe a lot trickier.

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear.

I came from a very strict background. [So if you want to make a scary movie] if you were raised as a fundamentalist, just pull all the skeletons out of your closet.

I love to go to the movies with people, but a lot of the time it's me in a room with a bunch of other movie critics, which is fine.

All critics have the responsibility to tease out the social ideas and social problems in a movie. I don't feel an obligation to do that because I'm black.

I grew up in a big movie house, we watched movies all the time, so I had an awareness at a very young age that that was a job that you could have.

My first movie was a movie that had a bunch of people dying in it - the typical popcorn movie. That's where I got my start.

I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

The people who can be helping to make movies that have blacks and Latinos and women and all that - that movie doesn't come to you. Because the idea is that there's no place for black movies.

I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.

I'm going to go talk to some people to see if you could be in the movie because you should be in the movie.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.

How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late.

I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.

You want every movie to be a hit. But every painting isn’t a masterpiece.

Enjoy your popcorn and enjoy the show. It's just a movie, so have fun!

I am not a rock star or a movie star; I'm a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are. I'm much more open and trusting than, say, my daughter is.

When you have a movie about people landing from planet Neptune, you suspend disbelief. I totally get it. But I like doing things that happen in real life.

The public has yet to see TV as TV. Broadcasters have no awareness of its potential. The movie people are just beginning to get a grasp on film.

My philosophy is making a movie is difficult enough and I just feel as if you should have a really good time when you do make films whether it's a drama or a comedy.

I love things where I can be physical and I so love high stakes, and you usually don't get that unless you're doing a play or an action movie.

There is no more interesting place in the world to meet characters than a movie set.

I'm used to people clapping at the end of the movie.

I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.

Hey, if I had my choice for social engineering, I'd declare an automatic R-rating for any movie that depicts television commercials. There's a truly dangerous influence on our children.

In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

I find my movie props in my neighbors houses.

Best movie ever?! Come on, my appearance on Arrested Development had more dynamics, realism and feel to it than the whole trilogy combined.

I want to take piano lessons, I want to study at university, I want to travel, I want to do other parts, make another movie.

If nothing else, I'm making a movie that I'll enjoy.

Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.

Eight gold medals? If I wanted I could make a movie about me winning nine gold medals. Now that's real power.

I don't have anything against this Jesus guy, but has he written, directed, and starred in his own movie?

With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when your days of shooting are over, they are over forever.

A movie tends to box you in, at least as far as the aesthetics. You have an incredibly kinetic experience, which is the joy of cinema.