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title: "7 Minute Movie Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Minute Movie quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Minute Movie sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's embarrassing, isn't it? It took me 15 years to make an 18-minute movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mccarthy/it-s-embarrassing-isn-t-it-it-took-me-15-years-to-make-an-18-minute/)

[Andrew McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mccarthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/andrew-mccarthy-4162_embarrassing_it-s-embarrassing-isn-t-it-it-took-me-15_497585.png)

> [I loved Paris, Je T'aime. It's like my top favorite things I've ever done and I think it was a beautiful. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margo-martindale/i-loved-paris-je-t-aime-it-s-like-my-top-favorite-things-i-ve-ever/)

[Margo Martindale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margo-martindale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/margo-martindale-18521_beautiful_i-loved-paris-je-t-aime-it-s-like-my-top_672619.jpg)

> [One minute it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle, the next - no one wanted me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sal-mineo/one-minute-it-seemed-i-had-more-movie-offers-than-i-could-handle-the/)

[Sal Mineo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sal-mineo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/sal-mineo-57861_handle_one-minute-it-seemed-i-had-more-movie-of_1076861.jpg)

> [Having made films, I know very well that the scope of the average 90- to 120-minute movie is about the same narrative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/having-made-films-i-know-very-well-that-the-scope-of-the-average-90/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/paul-auster-351_average_having-made-films-i-know-very-well-that_1482357.jpg)

> [I'm not a long movie person. I have a very short attention span. If you give me a 90-minute movie, that's perfect.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courteney-cox/i-m-not-a-long-movie-person-i-have-a-very-short-attention-span-if-you/)

[Courteney Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courteney-cox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/courteney-cox-4841_attention_i-m-not-a-long-movie-person-i-have-a-ver_1631804.jpg)

> [To do a 75-minute movie about SpongeBob wanting to make some jellyfish jelly would be a mistake, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hillenburg/to-do-a-75-minute-movie-about-spongebob-wanting-to-make-some/)

[Stephen Hillenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hillenburg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/stephen-hillenburg-10039_failure_to-do-a-75-minute-movie-about-spongebob_2367308.jpg)

> [If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/if-you-have-only-95-minutes-of-material-make-an-only-95-minute-movie/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/stephen-hunter-12610_amazing_if-you-have-only-95-minutes-of-material_2639530.png)

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