Chris Weitz Quotes

All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I look at the film, at the casting and certain scenes, I'm very happy. As for the final product, I can't vouch for that.

Chris Weitz

Movie
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Quotes to Explore

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

Manfred von Richthofen
- Good
- Work
- Learning
When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.

Odette Annable
- School
- High
- Think
I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.

Forest Whitaker
- Truth
- You
- Actor
I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.

Taraji P. Henson
- Why
- Want
- Television
When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.

Jack Nicholson
- Up
- Work
- Fun
I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

Dan O'Brien
- Parents
- Perfect
- Safety