Movie Quotes · Page 262

We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.

— Curtis Hanson

I was so overwhelmed years ago, when I was a kid, by 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' I think it was…

— Lee Marvin

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

— Salman Rushdie

There are plenty of movies that you need to chew on a bit. Movies that you return to and see something different…

— Edgar Wright

I haven't made a movie for a while, but I've watched a lot. It's my major waste of time. I like to…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

The object is to try to get the (movie) system to work for you, instead of against you. And the only way…

— George Lucas

Always do things the least interesting way, the most blunt way, and you make a better movie. This is my experience.

— David Mamet

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts…

— Michael Connelly

Nat doing 'Fault' was the greatest thing for our band, and the only reason that our song got in it because Nat…

— Alex Wolff

I like the guys who wrote their own stuff and were able to perform it, like Seth Rogen. He popped off so…

— Adam DeVine

I would say that it's a lot easier, especially if you have a bit of an attention deficit disorder, to be on…

— Majandra Delfino

They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be…

— Ike Turner

When you're in sync with the director, on the type of movie you want to make, the arc of the characters, how…

— Dwayne Johnson

The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people…

— Kim Novak

If you dissect my career as an actor, and you can pull out more than enough of those type of movies, from…

— Jeremy Renner

It's Will Ferrell, he does Will Ferrell movies. But if you really look at it, he tries to do something different with…

— Adam McKay

We used to say a movie could never come close to a book, but no one reads books anymore.

— Rose Troche

There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.

— Jennifer Aniston

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.

— Rick Moody

Whenever I really want a part, I'm not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I…

— Jennifer Lawrence

Theres a kind of dream that movies sell to people: You can start as the lowliest person and rise to the top.…

— Steven Shainberg

One needs to be super intelligent and have an above-average IQ to be able to work in movies.

— R. Madhavan

I'm not a frustrated movie director: I'm not making games because I can't make movies.

— David Cage

I remember the 'Scary Movie' series coming out for sure, and I was a big fan of those.

— Nico Tortorella

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

— Patty Duke

For me, I feel like, if the right movie comes along, I'd do it again. It's not about the budget. It's about…

— Mike Shinoda

I try to do things where I'm going to feel challenged in some way. I only really do one movie a year.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

— Bill Forsyth

When you have three days to work on a scene, you can give all that love to the movie.

— Ana de Armas

I don't think I have ever made a movie that is autobiographical, but you can't help but use experiences in your life…

— Rob Minkoff

The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.

— Dave Barry

I enjoy doing all different types of movies even though I am the most comfortable with comedy.

— Adam Sandler

I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they…

— Barret Oliver

From the start were set up 2 fail every movie is a love story with a happy ending but in reality everyone…

— Shannon Smithson

If a movie is described as a romantic comedy, you can usually find me next door playing pinball.

— George Carlin

Grace Kelly forged a link between Monaco and the movie world, and I would like to create a strong bond between Monaco…

— Charlene, Princess of Monaco

A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions.

— Guy Pearce

It's not enough that you act in a movie - if it has to work, the audience should like it.

— Mohanlal

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

— Adam Brody

I wrote for this sketch group called Olde English for about six years and we made a movie together, but we sort…

— Adam Conover