Movies Quotes
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Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
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It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you start to really examine those standards and realize they come not from experiences you've had, but things you've seen in movies, or feelings you've felt listening to pop songs, or ideas you've received from reading books. And not just happy things, but a lot of the time, sad things. It gets kind of depressing, when you see how movies and songs make these promises to us.
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I've been doing this journey in acting and singing since I was six years old, and I definitely think this will take me to the next level - in movies.
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The only reason I'm ever in character as 'Larry The Cable Guy' is because that's what I'm hired to do. In my movies, obviously they hired 'Larry The Cable Guy' to be 'Larry The Cable Guy.' When I do my shows, I'm 'Larry The Cable Guy.' When I do Jay Leno, it's: 'Please welcome 'Larry The Cable Guy.'
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Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies.
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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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I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did Reno 911! for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing, and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the Star Trek thing.
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In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television.
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To be involved with movies that become kind of cult classics... I've been very fortunate. 'The Warriors' is certainly a cult classic, and 'Xanadu' is, to a certain degree, a cult classic as well.
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If we're talking about the science fiction or action genres, I've always tried when I could to do them in a way that's not just cookie-cutter - that they bring something fresh or original to it, have some kind of ideas to it. I've been fortunate, in some sense, to do those kinds of movies that are unique.
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Sometimes there could be movies that are neck and neck, and that could tilt the balance.
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I'm a fan of horror movies that have really good stories.
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You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
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I never really feel wrong while making movies. I know myself, and I know that my intentions are pure and I'm on the side of righteousness.
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You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.
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As long as movies are depressing, life isn't.
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We're going to continue to see games turned into movies.
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My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom - it was almost overwhelming.
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All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie.
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I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.
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The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.
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With bad movies, I have this image in my head of the director and the editor in the editing room watching a scene that is not happening, looking at each other and saying, 'Put some music in there.'
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You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.
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The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater.
