Cynical Quote by Michael Pena Download Open image “There are not too many times when a movie's not cynical, you know what I mean?” — Michael Pena ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cynical Cynical Know Film Know Many Mean Movie Movie Cynical Time Times Movie
Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I really ought to try and make a film that's a bit more cynical. But I don't think I'd know how to do it.… — Nigel Cole Copy Share Image
Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't make movies… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
You do the one film that you think is terrible, but it's a big studio film and you hope you'll get another job because… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
When you work with filmmakers, and it's their first film, there's an exuberance and optimism, which is quite... There's no room for being jaded.… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give… — Gene Siskel Copy Share Image
I feel like a realist about Hollywood. To be cynical about it is to some degree fair, but I don't think it's useful. — Ti West Copy Share Image
When you have a film that's acclaimed, there's a tendency to go big or get serious or something, but I had an impulse to… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the… — Lionel Barrymore Copy Share Image
It's just a fact of life that I don't think I've ever been taken particularly seriously in movies by movie makers. I don't know… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I think too many times, filmmakers spend too much time telling someone what to think about a story and not enough time actually telling… — Nick Searcy Copy Share Image
I was in L.A., like, four months, and I got my first part. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm staying.' — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
There's a bigger percentage of good cops than bad cops. But the bad cops should be penalised like regular people. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I think, in any debate, you have to respect the other person's point of view, if you agree or disagree. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I don't think people are experiencing superhero fatigue. Do you hear people complaining that there are too many action movies? I think it's good… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I think that when you’re doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there’s a certain… like you can reject it, and it’s okay.… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Sure, I’m dramatic and sloppily semi-cynical and semi-sentimental. But, in leisure years I could grow and choose my way. Now I am living on… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
We're so immaturely cynical as a culture. We're not wise enough to look at an institution like marriage and to really things about what… — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
A well governed people are generally a people who do not think much. — Andre Siegfried Copy Share Image
I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
It is a very cynical, skeptical, foolish person that suggests Israel does not need a peace process to have a growing economy. — Richard Quest Copy Share Image
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business. — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
