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> [The thing that makes love stories work, in my opinion, in movies and novels and country & western songs, is the feeling of longing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/the-thing-that-makes-love-stories-work-in-my-opinion-in-movies-and/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

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## More by Robert Zemeckis

> [Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/working-with-actors-who-are-directors-is-magnificent-because-they/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> ['I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-wanna-hold-your-hand-and-used-cars-were-absolute-failures-at-the/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/from-where-i-sit-i-see-the-digital-cinema-creating-sloppiness-on-the/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/the-thing-that-s-interesting-about-wire-walking-is-that-we-never-get/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [I'm very concerned that we don't make movies that are original anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-m-very-concerned-that-we-don-t-make-movies-that-are-original-anymore/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [Most actors that I work with are wonderful. Jodie Foster or Tom Hanks will make anything work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/most-actors-that-i-work-with-are-wonderful-jodie-foster-or-tom-hanks/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [I'm really tired of making these huge, over-$100 million movies where they literally mean life and death for a studio. It's really rough making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-m-really-tired-of-making-these-huge-over-100-million-movies-where/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [You just have to do your art. Nothing can stop you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/you-just-have-to-do-your-art-nothing-can-stop-you/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [Good directing is good writing and good casting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/good-directing-is-good-writing-and-good-casting/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [Because movies have gotten so expensive, and they're so expensive to market, that means that for a movie to break even or to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/because-movies-have-gotten-so-expensive-and-they-re-so-expensive-to/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. And it'll be to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/in-the-next-couple-of-years-part-of-every-film-s-process-is-going-to/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [Understand life's mysteries - as mysteries to be lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/understand-life-s-mysteries-as-mysteries-to-be-lived/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [When they invented the Steadicam, every movie had to have a fight in a stairwell. Whenever there's a new thing, it's abused until artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/when-they-invented-the-steadicam-every-movie-had-to-have-a-fight-in-a/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [I think the thing that I love the most about working in the digital cinema is that you're only limited in your cinematic technique…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-think-the-thing-that-i-love-the-most-about-working-in-the-digital/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

> [I'm in a constant conflict about having to make a movie for the big and the small screen at the same time, stylistically. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/i-m-in-a-constant-conflict-about-having-to-make-a-movie-for-the-big/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

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