Movie Quotes

I love doing serious movies for adults.

Of course, any movie that I make, that is released everywhere, gets a lot of exposure.

For me doing Cheaper By The Dozen 2 was great because I did have a lot bigger part in that movie and every situation is different.

My dad will get a kick out of [Scary Movie 4]. I don't know if he'll love it but by now my family know what to expect from me. So it's no surprise.

I'm not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in three-and-a-half minutes, it's surreal.

The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.

A movie's very different from the book, and it's different from the script, and it's usually one person's vision.

I read the book and I think, "Well, this is the movie we're going to make," and then someone else reads it, and they take a completely different movie from it. And both are valid.

When Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark came out, I got to go to Japan and Australia and France, Italy, Germany, everywhere with the movie. That was great, because I love traveling.

You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though.

I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.

I directed the first "Twilight" movie. It was in my contract that I could have gone on to do the other films, but I didn't feel as connected to the other books.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.

I sometimes like to watch a good, dark, disturbing movie.

I was an 80's/90's baby so you went to the movie theater every weekend and there was one on, whether it was Stallone, Van Damme, Seagal or Schwarzenegger himself.

In all the movies I'm in love with someone in my head. There's always love in a film somewhere. It doesn't matter even if it's an action movie.

When the financial crisis arrived, it seemed to me that this was something I had to make a movie about.

I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of a movie I should try to make.

It's rare that I'm working on a movie and that's the case. My goal is the same, ultimately at a certain point you give it to the director and their vision. You're there to support that vision.

I just don't want to do a movie because it paid me a lot of money.

My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema).

I get invited to literally every single movie premiere that's going on.

There are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. This is a movie about health and about the body.

The sad thing about working on a movie is that you can never see the movie.

Early on, I used to think it was really cool and macho to jump out of the car and tackle the bad guy. But then when you see the stunts in the movie, you realize it could've been a lady in a poncho.

Shooting a movie can be so tedious. You're trying to get 20 different angles on the same swing. You never get into a rhythm. But I took it very seriously.

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.

When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

I want to be in a good movie, and so the narrative is way more important.

My dissatisfaction with television as a medium has nothing to do with the audience or the fact that you don't require as much time to do it as you do a movie, but with its technical limitations.

I'm a movie guy - I can get lost in anything.

In the recession people are going to be looking even more at what movie stars are wearing, as it provides a fantasy outlet.

I don't think I've ever seen a zombie movie in my life.

Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.

I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

Movie people think things are movies, and authors think things should be movies because, up until recently, movies have been the jewel in the crown. But, that seems to be changing.

The idea of a regular-looking guy who is the lead of something - whether it's a movie or a show - is something that I really hope I can grow towards.

I think every time a movie gets made, it's a miracle. I would love to get to a point where it became easier and it wasn't so much of a struggle to get it done or finished.

If you really pay attention to the movie, it comes into play, in many different sections.

There's a lot of laughing on a horror movie set. They're magical in that way.

I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it’s great to be a part of and watch.

Isn't Hollywood - and I love movies - a lot of it about a big lie?

I'm reading Joe Eszterhas biography; it's fabulous. Every time he made a movie, he fought with the director or the producer over the ending.

I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!