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- We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in…
- Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same…
- Dice Rules is one of the most appalling movies I have ever seen. It could not be more damaging to the career of Andrew Dice…
- When we go to the movies, we identify with the characters we see. That's why we go to the movies; we have a voyeuristic experience;…
- Films like Fargo are why I love the movies.
- Movies are like a machine that generates empathy,
- Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.
- Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people.
- A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the…
- In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or relieved; Hitchcock called…
- We all are born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were…
- If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to…
- I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.
- I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.
- Movies are not about moving, but about whether to move.
- We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls.
- When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new. I want to go to new places, meet…
- The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies are like a…
- The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in “2001: A Space Odyssey,'' but in how little. This is the work of an…
- Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
- No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.
- By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became…
- Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.
- The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise.
- I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.
More Movies Quotes
- 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