Movie Quotes - Page 29

• I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape.

  Dileep Rao

  Cutting, Thinking, Hands

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• What I always tell people is... Unless you are so passionate about filmmaking that you would rather live out of your car than not do it, find something else to do as a career and do filmmaking as a hobby. This industry is one of the hardest to break into and be successful. It takes a lot of passion and dedication for it to get anywhere.

  Ryan Connolly

  Inspiring, Passion, Successful

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• Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.

  Nicolas Roeg

  Book, Theatre, Actors

  "His brilliant career". Interview with Jason Wood, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2005.

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• 'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi.

  Jerry Orbach

  Home, Actors, Alibis

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• If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

  Dario Argento

  Gambling, Watches, Actors

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• You become the movie you are making.

  Ang Lee

  Actors

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• Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

  Brian Setzer

  Crazy, Writing, Band

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• You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.

  Guy Ritchie

  Different, Actors, Aspect

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

  Ethan Coen

  Inspiring, Reality, Everyday

  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, William Rodney Allen (2006). “The Coen Brothers: Interviews”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.

  Justin Timberlake

  Singing, Want, Break

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• Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times.

  Victor Salva

  Summer, Kids, Actors

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• Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause ? you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Girl, Humor

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• When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!'

  Jennifer Aniston

  Girl, Book, Reading

  "A Woman We Love: Jennifer Aniston" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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

  Edward Zwick

  Inspiring, Thinking, Opportunity

  "Leonardo DiCaprio & Ed Zwick for “Blood Diamond”". Interview with Garth Franklin, www.darkhorizons.com. December 7, 2006.

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• A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.

  Graham Greene

  Book, Actors, Spirit

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• Moments. A couple of moments that people remember, that they can take with them, is what makes a good movie.

  Rosalind Russell

  Couple, People, Remember

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

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• Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments.

  Jason Reitman

  Art, Mistake, Years

  Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com. December 4, 2009.

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• There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Would Be, Actors, Unbelievable

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• I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today's movies. They believe everything they're hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.

  Christopher Nolan

  Inspiring, Believe, Thinking

  "Movies to keep you awake at night" by Scott Bowles, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 24, 2002.

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• A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

  Jean Renoir

  Inspiring, Film Directing, Directors

  Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1993)

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

  John Huston

  Inspiring, People, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Inspiring, People, Different

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• The end of a picture is always an end of a life.

  Sam Peckinpah

  Inspiring, Ends, Filmmaker

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

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• The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.

  Irving Thalberg

  Art, People, Actors

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• If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.

  Woody Allen

  Gambling, Film, Profit

  "Newsweek", Volume 132, 1998.

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