For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I want the look of a movie to be secondary. I really want people to be engaged in the story and the… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be… — Michael Biehn Copy Share Image
They had this movie called Juno about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and it's nominated for an Oscar. That's an unusual… — D. L. Hughley Copy Share Image
In films, I didn't crave the type of attention I had sort of stumbled into in my music career. And I do… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
When you're picking up and moving, it does create... well, I can sleep anywhere, which is really useful, it turns out, on… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
I've always spent a lot of time in movie theaters, kind of absorbing anything I can. I just love sitting in the… — Andrew Bujalski Copy Share Image
In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very easy to go from, say, a lit,… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
I would say the biggest difference is that a movie is a shorter, more encapsulated experience, and a TV job is like… — Sarah Baker Copy Share Image
I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I'd rather deal with restrictions of budget. It's… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge in making movies, boring but true answer is money - you never have enough, so everything gets bootstrapped to… — Negin Farsad Copy Share Image
I think of Terrence Malick's movie Days of Heaven - one of Richard Gere's first movies - you can push pause on… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
Of course, we talked about Westerns we like with [James Ransone in Valley of Violence] , but it was always thematically in… — Ti West Copy Share Image
If I'm jetlagging, and I've missed some meals, and it gets to that point in a movie that you're supposed to cry,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I grew up in L.A., and I worked for 'The Hollywood Reporter.' I knew enough about the business to know that the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
With 'Poison,' I'm sure some people just hated the movie, but it also got caught up into a debate about arts funding… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I can't cultivate a relationship with my child if it's between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, 'This is… — Katherine Heigl Copy Share Image
I like doing this stuff [stunts] though, it's kind of the whole reason that you want to do the movie. When you're… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
The little details really connect for people in ways I never realized before.I think that's why some of the movies have done… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because… — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image
What I love about movies is, no matter how many people are involved or how complicated the process is, at the end… — Jon Watts Copy Share Image
I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing… — Michael Urie Copy Share Image
The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The woeful tales of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Street Fighter' have taught studios that merely slapping a name to a movie is… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
[Liv Corfixen] very much part of my life in that she's everything in my life and we found a way to use… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
“Unless immoral in the extreme, we should not automatically judge a movie as inappropriate based solely on its method of communication. Nor… — Douglas M. Beaumont Copy Share Image
By attracting attention to yourself, you distract people from the movie. Ideally, you like a movie to speak for itself. You don't… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like 'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush in the White… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I just love the fact that Sylvester Stallone is a multi-hyphenate. He acts, he writes, he produces, he directs. I always respected… — Glen Powell Copy Share Image
If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
I look at the script first and who's directing it and then talk to the director to find out what his vision… — Frank Grillo Copy Share Image
When I started working as a writer-director, that's when he became Paul Thomas Anderson and I became Paul W.S. Anderson. Neither of… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
I'd love to make movies, the challenge of it. They're almost always shot out of order, so you have to figure out… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
I think Wonder Woman is a very difficult character to crack. More difficult than Superman, who is also more difficult than Batman.… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I still dont consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When… — Colleen Haskell Copy Share Image
Directing takes a lot longer than acting. This was about seven years in development, and then two and a half years with… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable. — Aberjhani Copy Share Image