Lawrence Of Arabia Quotes

• Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

  Steven Spielberg

  Directors, Arabia, Looks

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• I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

  Brendan Fraser

  Independent, Mean, Arabia

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• I love to look at The Graduate, or Lawrence of Arabia, or things I had nothing to do with. But you could not get me to go back and watch movies that it was a privilege just to be around them when they were being made.

  Jeffrey Katzenberg

  Arabia, Watches, Looks

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• Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

  Christine Baranski

  Arabia, Cinematic, Ultimate

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• My favorite movie is Lawrence Of Arabia. But that's a long, long movie. So although I've seen it several times, it's not as fun as Jaws.

  Paul F. Tompkins

  Fun, Long, Arabia

  "Paul F. Tompkins wants to ride a giant bison to work". Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. February 4, 2016.

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• I'll never know what my life would have been like if they hadn't made Lawrence of Arabia. What would I be? I would maybe have 10 children, a very fat wife. I would be very fat myself. I don't know.

  Omar Sharif

  Children, Wife, Arabia

  "Omar Sharif: knave of hearts". Interview with Tim Dowling, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2004.

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• They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

  Omar Sharif

  Eye, Hair, Black

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• Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.

  Billy Joel

  Arabia, British

  Song: We Didn't Start The Fire, Album: Storm Front, 1989

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• Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

  Michael Pitt

  Actors, Singers, Saws

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• The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!

  Vera Wang

  Funny, Girl, Beach

  "Vera Wang, 62, Poses For Swimsuit Photo Shoot". www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 23, 2012.

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• Avatar is a watershed movie. We'll always refer to Lawrence of Arabia in the same way. We'll always look at Avatar and say, "That's about as good as it gets." It's an enormous advance, in every way, shape and form, of movie making.

  William Shatner

  Good As It Gets, Arabia, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't like movies that are shot on green screen much, you know. I mean, I know that's the thing to do, and I know that it's getting. I'll put it this way; David Lean would probably kill himself, you know, again if he knew that people were watching Lawrence of Arabia on a telephone.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Mean, People, Arabia

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Like so many Boomers, I saw Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 when it was first released and when we were young teenagers. Im not quite sure why - I really wish some psychologist would explain this - but that movie had a tremendous effect on many of us.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Teenager, Wish, Firsts

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• I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Passion, Epic, Simple

  "How we made the epic of Oz". www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2008.

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