Movie Quotes

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

She’s a smart woman. I love that. Intelligence is a wonderful and powerful aphrodisiac. To me, it enhances beauty, makes an ordinary woman look like a movie star.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on.

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

A movie isn't a political movement, a party or even an article. It's just a film. At best it can add its voice to public outrage.

A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.

The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change.

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

I'm a fan of action movies.

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

I don't think you go to a play to forget, or to a movie to be distracted. I think life generally is a distraction and that going to a movie is a way to get back, not go away.

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 a good story.

I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like.

We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.

For a long time I was embarrassed to say I was a 'B' movie actor, ... But now that I see what Hollywood's putting out, I realized 'B' actually means 'better.'

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.

The shooting of the movie is the truth part and the editing of the movie is the lying part, the deceit part

If there was another Dr. Quinn movie, I would do it in a heartbeat.

In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.

A 65-ft.-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience.

Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.

I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end.

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

I'm a workaholic. I love every movie I've been in, even the bad ones, every TV series, every play, because I love to work. It's what keeps me going.

I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script.

Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.

I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer.

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.

The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.

What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?

Keep your eye on your inner world and keep away from ads, idiots and movie stars.

There's such good people out there where there filmmaking world is alive.

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me.

If you were my agent and I was making $10 million a movie and made four movies a year, that means you have a salary of $4 million.

I'm one of those people who can watch a stupid movie and end up crying.

Cast PURPOSE as the lead in your movie and you will help God, your Director, produce a masterwork.