Movie Quotes

The first sales meeting I made was for the television movie 'Farrell for the People.' I walked into a conference room at NBC that I had built. It was my memorial conference room. There were 10 people at the meeting, and by habit, I sat at the head of the table.

Fred Silverman
- People
- Habit
- Sales
Either an ancient cursed Egyptian mummy has come back to life and is trying to kill the people next door, or they're watching a movie.

Chuck Palahniuk
- People
- Life
- Trying

I try to write cinematically. Let me define what I mean by that. First of all, I try to write in a visual way so that the reader can watch a movie in their head. And it keeps moving. I try to structure the stories like a screenplay may be structured.

Frank Peretti
- May
- Movie
- Moving
For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.

Bruno Dumont
- People
- Work
- Giving
I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...'

Lake Bell
- World
- Obsessed
- Accents
For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.

David L. Wolper
- Movie
- Pain
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

Jason Patric
- People
- Up
- Good
A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

Mary Astor
- Actor
- Writer
- Musician