--- title: "11 Movie Thing Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Movie Thing quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Movie Thing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/justin-simien-4140_action_every-movie-has-the-thing-it-s-about-and_1477263.jpg" --- > [Every movie has the thing it's about, and then, deep down, it has this thing that it's really about. 'Star Wars' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/every-movie-has-the-thing-it-s-about-and-then-deep-down-it-has-this/) [Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/justin-simien-4140_action_every-movie-has-the-thing-it-s-about-and_1477263.jpg) > [Sometimes when you're editing a movie, you have the thing that you don't expect - which is you make it longer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-anderson/sometimes-when-you-re-editing-a-movie-you-have-the-thing-that-you-don/) [Wes Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/wes-anderson-9598_editing_sometimes-when-you-re-editing-a-movie-yo_2288899.jpg) > [I can make a movie for $5M, which used to be a routinely low, independent movie, but there's no such thing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waters/i-can-make-a-movie-for-5m-which-used-to-be-a-routinely-low/) [John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/john-waters-751_i-can_i-can-make-a-movie-for-5m-which-used-to_1693882.jpg) > [So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ang-lee/so-i-m-a-one-movie-at-a-time-person-i-don-t-develop-normally-we-do-a/) [Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ang-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/ang-lee-2496_attention_so-i-m-a-one-movie-at-a-time-person-i-do_875062.png) > [When I was single and on Tinder, that was a good little "Hey, did you ever see this movie?" thing. I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-haun/when-i-was-single-and-on-tinder-that-was-a-good-little-hey-did-you/) [Lindsey Haun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-haun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/lindsey-haun-32429_character_when-i-was-single-and-on-tinder-that-was_1549009.jpg) > [I'm never so into the three-act movie thing. I know that's the form that people talk about, but it seems to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lapine/i-m-never-so-into-the-three-act-movie-thing-i-know-that-s-the-form/) [James Lapine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lapine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/james-lapine-15216_forward_i-m-never-so-into-the-three-act-movie-th_229187.jpg) > [When I get to the movie set, I don't need to have a sort of iron fist that a movie is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-levitas/when-i-get-to-the-movie-set-i-don-t-need-to-have-a-sort-of-iron-fist/) [Andrew Levitas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-levitas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/andrew-levitas-63501_benefits_when-i-get-to-the-movie-set-i-don-t-need_1191257.jpg) > [It's a mistake to just go make a movie where the whole thing is talking down to the kids like, "Ok, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/it-s-a-mistake-to-just-go-make-a-movie-where-the-whole-thing-is/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/jack-black-7954_different_it-s-a-mistake-to-just-go-make-a-movie-w_1249458.jpg) > [ What I loved about \[The Other Woman\] movie was the same thing. It was three women who would never have come together… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-mann/what-i-loved-about-the-other-woman-movie-was-the-same-thing-it-was/) [Leslie Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/leslie-mann-8943_causes_what-i-loved-about-the-other-woman-movie_2174949.png) > [The whole movie thing has never been a source of great pride for me, in that Burt Reynolds, who starred in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-yates/the-whole-movie-thing-has-never-been-a-source-of-great-pride-for-me/) [Brock Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/brock-yates-20099_bridges_the-whole-movie-thing-has-never-been-a-s_406748.png) > [I don't really know how accepted I am. Nothing ever matters to me apart from the people with negative opinions. That's literally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pattinson/i-don-t-really-know-how-accepted-i-am-nothing-ever-matters-to-me/) [Robert Pattinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pattinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/robert-pattinson-778_accepted_i-don-t-really-know-how-accepted-i-am-no_878944.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie-thing/#itemlist", "name": "Movie Thing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every movie has the thing it's about, and then, deep down, it has this thing that it's really about. 'Star Wars' is not really about a space opera, action, and the galactic quest. 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