Movie Quotes - Page 8

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

  Oliver Stone

  Believe, Different Interpretations, Subjects

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• I can direct breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I take pride in my kitchen, but I'm not going to direct a movie.

  Julia Roberts

  Pride, Lunch, Kitchen

  Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.wmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• The movie says, You can lose your job and your way and still rescue yourself. 'Larry Crowne' creates a self-excavated utopia, and I love that idea, that message.

  Julia Roberts

  Jobs, Self, Ideas

  Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.wmagazine.com. June 1, 2011.

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• We are the movies and the movies are us.

  David Ansen

  Gambling, Actors

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• Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some

  Tina Turner

  Back In Time, Stills

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• I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me... I've done the parts I wanted to do.

  Jessica Lange

  Different, Actors, Done

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• Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.

  Chris Rock

  Actors, Soundtracks, Music Is

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

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• I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

  Ang Lee

  Actors, Kind, Film

  Interview with Karan Johar, www.hindustantimes.com. November 4, 2012.

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• Economically, it’s more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.

  Ang Lee

  Actors, Digital, Expensive

  "Ang Lee Talks 'Life of Pi,' Scoring Creative Control From Fox". Interview with Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 30, 2012.

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• 3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.

  Ang Lee

  Baby, Steps, Actors

  "Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

  Ang Lee

  Actors, Comedy, Cynicism

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• I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, "Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?"

  Ang Lee

  Years, Hollywood, Actors

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

  Ang Lee

  Chinese, Trying, Looks

  "Tiger, Tiger burning bright". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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• Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.

  Ang Lee

  Thinking, Actors, Weak

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• There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

  Ang Lee

  Mind, Needs, Actors

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

  Ang Lee

  Mean, Two, Chinese

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• I would rather do movies because I'm very lazy and the hours are much easier.

  Michael Vartan

  Lazy, Hours, Easier

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

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• Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium.

  Daryl Hannah

  Actors, Filmmaking, Mediums

  "Hollywood star takes eco-activism to Web". Interview with Vanessa McGrady, www.nbcnews.com. Jun 1, 2006.

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• There's a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do. It's free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting.

  Jack Nicholson

  Thinking, Lunch, Anxiety

  "Jack Nicholson: 'I have a sweet spot for what's attractive to me'". Interview with Dana Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2002.

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• Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters

  Robin Tunney

  People, Needs, Theater

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• When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

  Jack Nicholson

  Thinking, Interesting, Actors

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• I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it.

  James Spader

  Fun, Reality, Thinking

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• You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Problem, Enough

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• What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats... or skinny.

  Steve Martin

  Stars, Actors, Skinny

  "The 75th Annual Academy Awards". TV Special, www.imdb.com. March 23, 2003.

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• 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Dirty, Naughty

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