Movie Quote by Hal Needham

The ratings thing is the real issue. It really hurts movies. For example, in Redbelt, I smoked. The whole plot of my character was…

— Emily Mortimer

It [smoking] was like an aphrodisiac. Actors would say let's have another cigarette on that great scenes, and they'd blow smoke in each other's…

— Chris Matthews

In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it.

— Gerald McRaney

It's not like some movies where you're following a bunch of different stories you can cut around. There was nowhere to cut to. It's…

— Paul Reiser

Once, I'd written a Western story, and one of the panels was just a hand holding a six-shooter, and there was a puff of…

— Stan Lee

This s - t [smoked on scenes] called Wizard Smoke. I didn't like it. [James] Franco didn't have that hard of a time with…

— Seth Rogen

I think people were a little premature in writing off violent movies. They're going to continue being made, and audiences will continue going to…

— Rod Lurie

It wasn't until after living in California for many years that I realized that you don't believe what anybody says, ever. Whatever they say,…

— Frederick Lenz

I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.

— Patrick Swayze

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been…

— Roger Ebert

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty…

— Denzel Washington

I can imagine [the government] trying to tell Steven Spielberg 'We need 50 different cuts of your movie for each state.' It will screw…

— John Riccitiello