Cinema Quote by Peter Bart Download Open image “That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.” — Peter Bart ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cinema Movie Surprise
Surprises are good. I'm not of the thinking where you tell the audience everything. Sometimes I don't even want to see the trailers. You… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Usually, when making a film, the surprises are negative surprises. You don't get what you wanted or what you hoped for. The only nice… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
We all know that I am not a big fan of surprises, and for whatever reason my life seems to be full of them. — Cynthia Bailey Copy Share Image
I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!" — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Every movie is a surprise. That's what is so fun about it. You can be planning a movie for years, and then you'd better… — Richard Shepard Copy Share Image
The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One way or… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value. — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity. — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas -… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture. — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process. — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector. — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone. — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to these pictures firsthand experience begins to retreat, to seem more and more trivial. While it once seemed that pictures had the function of interpreting reality, it now seems they have usurped it. It therefore becomes imperative… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
