IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
When you speak of silent movies, everyone thinks of Charlie Chaplin first. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. — Curtis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think television will do the same thing to radio that talkies did to silent movies. — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could. — E. G. Marshall Copy Share Image
In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
From the age of four or five. I went to see a lot of Westerns then. But it was silent movies and… — Eli Wallach Copy Share Image
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art.… — Arnaud Desplechin Copy Share Image
I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not… — Lillian Gish Copy Share Image
This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I can say is usually people are slightly confused. They think that silent movies are old. But, the fact is, they are… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I looked at a lot of photos from Hollywood in the '20s, photographs of silent movies being filmed all over the world… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Today we are aware as never before of the plurality of human life-styles and possibilities, while at the same time being tied,… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“In the photo Vidor had taken during her Keystone Kops days, [Mabel Normand] had been smiling, as she always seemed to be… — Sidney K. Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach - Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. I remember at the very beginning… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I was playing organ at a silent movie house at Harlem and they'd be showing some death scene on the screen. Likely… — Fats Waller Copy Share Image
Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen. For… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
First of all, I had the desire for that format [silent movie], and then when I was talking to people, I felt… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
![“In the photo Vidor had taken during her Keystone Kops days, [Mabel Normand] had been smiling, as she always seemed to be doing, with her small feet pointed inwards, and her small fingers pointed outwards—the pose that made almost everyone who met her want to give her a great big bear hug.” quote by Sidney K. Kirkpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7e1/sidney-k-kirkpatrick-278272_hollywood_in-the-photo-vidor-had-taken-during-her_1955548.jpg)
![“I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach - Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did - he was a giant.” quote by Billy Crystal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee9/billy-crystal-6588_directors_i-was-introducing-director-and-producer_660216.jpg)
![“First of all, I had the desire for that format [silent movie], and then when I was talking to people, I felt that people needed justification. Why are you doing a silent movie? Is it just for your own pleasure? I felt it was not enough for them so I realized I have to choose the subject that will…” quote by Michel Hazanavicius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c55/michel-hazanavicius-7804_actors_first-of-all-i-had-the-desire-for-that-f_2868154.jpg)