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- The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is…
- Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the…
- Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.
- I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
- I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.
- I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.
- I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play…
- I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.
- Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.
- To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is…
- I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look…
- My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio…
- People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one…
- Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves.…
- When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion…
- Without a doubt, I was born to want to make cinema, but the kind of cinema I want to make is not like commercial movies,…
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- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature. — J. J. Abrams
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams
- I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing. — Gemma Arterton
- Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost… — Paul Auster
- I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. — Kevin Bacon
- I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books. — Kevin Bacon
- I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor,… — Kevin Bacon
- I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them. — Rick Baker
- Success begets success. I've been offered a lot of movies now that '30 Rock' has been successful. — Alec Baldwin