Movie Quotes - Page 36

• I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

  Thomas Harris

  Nice, Great Year, 80s And 90s

  "The Silence of the Lambs". www.imdb.com. 1991.

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• Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

  John le Carre

  Book, Reading, Writing

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• I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

  Michael Crichton

  Inspiring, World, Too Much

  "State of Fear". Book by Michael Crichton, 2004.

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• This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

  Clint Eastwood

  Funny, Sarcastic, Country

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• Everybody's a filmmaker today.

  John Milius

  Gambling, Today, Filmmaker

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 07, 2003.

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• I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.

  Joss Whedon

  Thinking, Decision, Stories

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• I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

  Elton John

  Music, Actors, Want

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• Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Drama, Book, Thinking

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• Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Stay Strong, Home, Stay Positive

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• The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

  George Lucas

  Secret Love, Film, Illusion

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• Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

  John Milius

  Inspiring, Film, Pretentious

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 07, 2003.

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• Film spectators are quiet vampires.

  Jim Morrison

  Vampire, Actors, Quiet

  Jim Morrison (1970). “The lords, and The new creatures: poems”

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• Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

  Mary Pickford

  Venus De Milo, Sound Doctrine, Would Be

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

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• It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

  Lana Turner

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Enemy

  Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult

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• Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

  Billy Wilder

  Inspirational, Motivational, Winning

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

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• All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.

  Steve Martin

  Grand Canyon, Riddle

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• It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.

  Boris Karloff

  Boys, Ghouls, Dollars

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• You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day.

  Jay Mohr

  Funny, Senior, Teacher

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• You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

  Mary Schmich

  Gambling, Two, People

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• Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

  Roland Emmerich

  Purpose, Actors, Annoying

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• Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

  Sydney Pollack

  Art, Gambling, Way

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• I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie.

  Will Estes

  Dog, Kids, Animal

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• Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it.

  Wim Wenders

  Gambling, People, Needs

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• One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.

  Oliver Stone

  Joy, Should, Loses

  FaceBook post by Oliver Stone from Apr 27, 2012

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• The tragedy of film history is that it is fabricated, falsified, by the very people who make film history.

  Louise Brooks

  Film History, People, Tragedy

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