Film Quote by Alexander Payne

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

— Roger Ebert

I think movies are too long.

— Michael Moore

I like a good, strong statement. I walk out of movies all the time saying, 'That was terrible!' or 'That sucked!'

— Franka Potente

I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.

— Roger Ebert

Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say,…

— Christopher McQuarrie

I never want someone to come out of one of my films and say, "Damn. I wasted an hour and a half of my…

— Will Packer

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

— Ben Stiller

I'm not a great fan of very short films.

— Ken Loach

I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.

— John Waters

I think the reason I've survived that long is because I've taken my work so seriously. Maybe sometimes too seriously, but it's always been…

— Matt Dillon

There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.

— Ang Lee

At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to…

— Tom Hanks