Special Effects Quotes

74 Special Effects quotes by 69 unique authors

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special… — Adam McKay
I went in right up front and said, This can't be about some guy in bandages. I didn't even want to do a horror movie.… — Stephen Sommers
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. — Laurence Fishburne
To try and raise a budget for a film that is strictly for adults and both strong and graphic in content is not easy, especially… — Dario Argento
I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were better… — Bob Balaban
I've actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it's really tough to do. It's really difficult to execute. There's… — Grant Bowler
Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem… — Derek R. Audette
I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special… — David Gerrold
I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when… — Matt Groening
Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken… — Catherine Deneuve
Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films. — Robert Duvall
You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never… — Clint Eastwood
Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects. — Christopher Eccleston
You know, the reward for 'Captain America' is amazing. It's always fun to see a giant spectacle film and see the fun stuff - the… — Chris Evans
Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to… — Neil Patrick Harris
For 'Star Wars' I had to develop a whole new idea about special effects to give it the kind of kinetic energy I was looking… — George Lucas
I knew that, when writing a book, you're not constrained by a budget. You're not constrained by what you can do, in terms of the… — George R. R. Martin
With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy… — George R. R. Martin
Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special… — Camille Paglia
I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right… — Herb Ritts
Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means… — Patrick Rothfuss
Whether it's the experiments on 'MythBusters' or my earlier work in special effects for movies, I've regularly had to do things that were never done… — Adam Savage
People often tell me how much they love the digital skies that we obviously painted for 'War Horse.' Well, there's not a single sky that… — Steven Spielberg
I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief. — Sylvester Stallone

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