Films Quotes

The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.

If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.

When we started NFL Films, there were no focus groups, there were no demographic studies, there were no surveys. Every decision that we made, we made with our hearts, not with our heads. And, in the very beginning, we really didn't even have a business plan.

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.

My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.

My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything.

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.

Doing that, then doing a lot of theater, which I love. Doing guest stars, did two independent films that are going around to all these festivals. Both of them are going to be at the Lake Tahoe Film Festival.

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.

I'm more embarrassed about some of the films that I've been in than I am about Playboy. Playboy I'm actually quite proud of.

Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.

I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.

I get a lot of independent films from people who are starting out.

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.

I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.

Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.

You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.

It is gorgeously shot, and Andrew believes that the old school way of making films in the best way. Meaning: you have a story, and you stick to the story. You don't change and alter the story because of people who've invested in it and what to put product in a shot.

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart.

I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a modest-sized film. I was involved in 'I Am Legend' and 'Yes, Man', but 'Potter' is unique. There'll never be anything like 'Potter' again.