Movie Quotes · Page 161

I read, I watch a lot of movies, I'm constantly living, so I'm constantly having more to say.

— Damian Lillard

I'm obsessed with 'Thelma and Louise,' and therefore obsessed with Callie Khouri who wrote that movie.

— Connie Britton

I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a…

— William Peter Blatty

I had a video made of my recent knee operation. The doctor said it was the best movie I ever starred in.

— Shirley MacLaine

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that…

— David Ayer

I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in…

— Colin Firth

A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things.

— Yann Martel

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

— Ti West

What I don't like is when I see stuff that I know has had a lot of improv done or is playing…

— Paul Feig

I wasn't allowed to see movies when I was a child. It was against the religion I was raised in, Fundamentalist Baptist.…

— Wes Craven

An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it…

— David Nicholls

We all consume Netflix and other streaming services in different ways. Sometimes, it's a movie you're really going to focus on; other…

— Ben Domenech

I think that's coming just like anything else. I don't think that it's just going to be 3-D. I think that 2-D…

— Todd Farmer

I've taken classes most of my life, and it's no secret among my friends I want to be in a movie about…

— Marsha Thomason

For me, I think [art] exists in a cave. I am in a cave. I have my own editing place, but I'm…

— Haile Gerima

If we're talking about the science fiction or action genres, I've always tried when I could to do them in a way…

— Keanu Reeves

It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've…

— Mark Ruffalo

I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that…

— Peter Jackson

I was raised going to the movies with my grandmother as a kid. And then I'd come home, and my best friend…

— Carol Burnett

It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think.

— Christopher Darden

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

— Patrice Leconte

I think it would be frustrating having to do things you wouldn't want to do, having to make movies you didn't like.

— Alden Ehrenreich

I didn't really think of Hollywood or doing an action movie just because it was not something that I had in mind…

— Natalia Reyes

I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would…

— Hugh Jackman

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

— Zach Braff

If you believe that movies are alive and talking back to you, there's a point at which it's very obvious they're not…

— Dede Gardner

The movie that you'll be in is a new challenge. Photography is just the shot - one day, two days - and…

— Patrick Demarchelier

Im sick of seeing the movies where the girl falls in love with the perfect boy. Who wants perfect? I want adventure.

— Anonymous

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

— Steven Soderbergh

“To me; reading a book is like watching a movie. Once I start, I can't stop until it's over.”

— Anonymous

“I felt I was sitting in the midst of some surreal movie. Postwar Italian perhaps, only with more food and less sex.”

— Victoria Abbott

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting,…

— Julian Schnabel

I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.

— John Waters

My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas.

— Alexander Payne

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise.

— Roger Ebert

I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk,…

— Danny McBride

I'm scared each time I start a movie, believe me. There's always a moment of panic when you're not sure if you're…

— Alexandre Desplat

I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.

— Zack Snyder

I was on a date with this really hot model. Well, it wasn't really a date date. We just ate dinner and…

— Anonymous

Every movie, I find myself adrift at the beginning of the movie, and then I find my way through the dark forest.

— Brad Bird