I remember watching movies like 'Fatal Attraction' and watching the audience go bananas at the end of the film. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I often found that my favorite scene that I shoot is often one that I cut out, like in 'The Last Castle'… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The point of remaking 'Straw Dogs' is not to replicate the philosophies of Sam Peckinpah at all. What made that film singular… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my heroes were not baseball players nor movie stars. My knights in shining armor were film critics. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I met Joan Allen at an L.A. Film Critics Awards' dinner, and I said, 'I want to write a movie for you.' — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. With both comedies and movies that are intense, you need… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film,… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I came to the conviction that film criticism, in and of itself, was an art. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The truth is that we're not remaking Sam Peckinpah's 'Straw Dogs,' we're making 'Straw Dogs.' We're taking this story, and we're putting… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
There was scarcely a month during 1988 when Thomas Harris' novel, 'The Silence Of The Lambs,' was not on or around the top of… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts trying on… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
We make movies to endorse our own personal feelings. I am not, in fact, a documentary filmmaker. I've got my personal beliefs, and I'm… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I think that most of the young officers I know are leftists and liberals and Democrats. And the reason is this: All of our… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to knock 'em… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Hollywood is enamored of the 20- to 30-year-old actress, but by the very nature of the life experience of the character, the roles cannot… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
