Movie Quotes
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Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.
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Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.
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Growing up with violence, with inescapable expertly choreographed brutality in every home builds not only a kind of desensitization for it, but it also creates a market for violent entertainment by people for whom even what they see on television is not enough, is not graphic enough, is not explicit enough, and some movie productions, some big productions really cash in on that market. What is peculiar about this is that as time goes on, a greater dosage is necessary to satisfy this need.
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I want to go make an original movie. It's all very personal, but I want to define myself a little bit more as a filmmaker and hone my craft.
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Monsters don't scare me at all; I think creepy is scarier than gore. I tend to read more thrillers and mysteries than horror, though. I like a good whodunnit. If I want scary, I tend to reach for a movie. I think it's a great medium for horror.
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People always ask me, 'Did you see Larry's latest movie?' I always say, 'No, but I flushed a ten dollar bill down the toilet, so I feel like I've seen it.'
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I was always attracted to science fiction movies
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You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.
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Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time.
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If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.
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It's definitely surreal to watch yourself in a movie.
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When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.
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The Japanese, despite the trade deficit and their ability to build fabulous automobiles, still think that a guy in a monster suit is all that is needed for a monster movie.
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'Alien?' Oh, yeah. I still get fanmail almost every week, pictures from all over the world on that movie. That's one of the most popular films I've done.
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On a smash TV series, you make much more money than you ever can in a movie. Do you know how much more Bill Cosby will make than Spielberg? The money for successful television is unbelievable.
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They are getting tougher and tougher. I don't know if someone will make a movie on us, but they would have a good script.
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'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.
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Art should be witty, like a good Eddie Murphy movie, to make your life a little easier and better.
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I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern.
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I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence. Then I think they'd get so violent that people would get bored of it.
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To see my story turned into a movie is mind-blowing.
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You gonna do somethin'? or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?
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When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.
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One of the annoying things when you're in a movie is that gets talked about is everyone projects meaning onto everyone's intentions.
