Movies Quotes
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When I was growing up, I didn't see me in the movies except in certain lesser roles. If it wasn't funny, I wasn't there. Then Sidney Poitier came along, and he wasn't funny. He was just good. There's me. So that was my pattern.
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Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country.
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I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.
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I do not buy CDs any more; I usually stream Internet radio. For movies, I hardly every buy any DVDS. I have a DVR, so just record things off HBO, Showtime and so on.
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Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
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Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.
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Elvis was the first rock ‘n’ roll singer I saw because Elvis was the first rock ‘n’ roll singer who did movies.
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My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.
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I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.
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I did two movies with Elvis, and both times not only was he was an absolute joy, but the experience itself was wonderful. He was extremely professional-always on time, knew his lines, and was very much a part of the cast, never pulling rank as the star.
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Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they don't care about movies.
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Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.
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There are plenty of movies that you need to chew on a bit. Movies that you return to and see something different in the second time around.
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I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.
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Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.
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I've tried to get better about weighing what I think the accessibility of an idea is against the cost of executing it. I've tried to be smarter about that, because if you're not smart about that, you're going to be unemployed. But I'm still mystified about what works for people. And I'm not talking about my movies, I'm talking in general. I'm mystified by the stuff that doesn't work. I'm mystified by what's going on in the critical side, too.
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
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My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies.
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One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Fargo.'
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I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.
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You can really get into it - especially in the movies, where you really have the time to get into your character and play her well.
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I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I think it was my first time realizing that there was something besides popcorn movies.
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I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.
