Movie Quotes - Page 19

• ... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution.

  Jeanine Basinger

  Fashion, Paris, Three

  Jeanine Basinger (2013). “A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960”, Knopf

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• Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.

  Shirley Temple

  Hollywood, Delay, Weapons

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• So, I installed a CCTV system to tape what's going on inside my mind.
  
  Thousands of hours of drama, confusion, discussion, huge special effects and futuristic scenarios.
  Also a lot of chatter, drama and suspense.
  
  Is like to go to the movies for free, every day.
  
  The CCTV technology used is the SSM-X45. Whose initials stand for:
  Sit down, Shut up and Meditate
  (X45 is just to sound more hi-tech)

  Marcelo Goianira

  Drama, Technology, Confusion

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• White people scare the crap out of me. I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord, never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say, 'We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here - have a nice day!'

  Michael Moore

  Jobs, Nice, White

  "Stupid White Men ...and Other Excuses For the State of the Nation!". Book by Michael Moore, 2001.

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• I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater.

  John Hughes

  School, Doctors, Aggravation

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• It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters.

  Robert Altman

  Inspiring, Different, Film

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• Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are more accurate in portraying young people as romantic - as wanting a relationship, an understanding with a member of the opposite sex more than just physical sex.

  John Hughes

  Inspiring, Sex, Character

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• As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

  William Goldman

  Stars, Actors, Essentials

  William Goldman (2012). “Adventures in the Screen Trade”, p.7, Hachette UK

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• The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.

  Hugh Grant

  Weather, Actors, Moral

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• I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

  Sting

  Two, Police, Records

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• I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit.

  David Zucker

  Zero, Thinking, Guy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

  Oliver Stone

  Believe, Different Interpretations, Subjects

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• It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast, and such a huge movie. And now I get to do The Fighting Temptations, which is coming out soon-it wasn't much of a character, it was more of a real person, so I got to show more of my acting range.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Real, Character, Fighting

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• It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Independent, United States, Difficult

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• I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie.

  Sting

  Thinking, Eight, Making Love

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• When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert DeNiro and as experienced as him and have the same respect as he did in that movie.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Boys, Actors, Wanted

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• I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my boyfriend [Billy Bob Thorton] got married, and I've never heard from him again.

  Laura Dern

  Home, My Boyfriend, Actors

  "Fifteen ways to leave your lover" by Simon Jeffery, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2003.

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• I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or Father Goose. Your movie will still have the stigma of being in a category that's going to be inhabited by the very worst of pictures.

  Jack Valenti

  Father, Adults, Actors

  The New York Times, March 5, 1987.

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• This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

  Pauline Kael

  Looks, Actors, Honest

  Pauline Kael (1989). “Hooked”, E P Dutton

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• In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Crazy, Taken, Views

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• The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.

  Elvis Presley

  Tea, Honest, Honest Tea

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• The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's "offensive to the religion of Islam." Apparently, the religion of Islam is offended by anything without a plot.

  Jon Stewart

  Dubai, Religion Of Islam, Plot

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• I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Humility, Careers, Giving

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• At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'

  Tom Hanks

  Funny, Thinking, People

  "The Cast Of ‘Larry Crowne’ Weighs In On Tom Hanks & This Summer’s Anti-Tentpole" by Leah Zak, www.indiewire.com. June 28, 2011.

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• Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.

  Zoe Saldana

  Sex, Gun, People

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