Films Quotes
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Alejandro González went from Birdman to this - these are incredible ledges that he's stepping out on in making these films The Revenant. I think his only threat for best director is Room, to be honest.
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Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it.
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In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.
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I think it's so hypocritical to be so anti-nudity in films, and be so pro-violence. I'd rather see two people making love, than somebody being done in. Or being shot and getting their head blown off.
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I have always acted in films where women have an equal, if not bigger, role than mine. Don't the kind of films you do reflect your personality?
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I've done films where you have to get in shape for purely vanity reasons, when you read a script, turn to page 87 and it says: "Rips his shirt off and casually throws it onto chair" - and you're going to go to the gym the next day because nobody wants to see your big fat arse out there taking your shirt off!
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In a way, I feel that we're always connected, maybe you and me, we've been connected - not only now, but before. That's why we've crossed paths. And this manifests beautifully for me in fables, old television, novels in Thailand, but now we try to ignore these themes and stories. That's why now when we make "ghost" films, they have a certain stock quality to their effects, a certain formula, and I miss how it used to be.
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I'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research.
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I think staying away from labels is what makes my films refreshing.
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I began my life as a character in my father's films.
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There's a different set of writers and a different director for the films, but Marvel has turned it into a pretty spectacular job.
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I want to struggle and make films. It's not a financial thing, it's more of a who-I-am thing.
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Not all films are going to go down in history.
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I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.
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I structure the scripts and work on them on films and work on scenes with writers and but I haven't written a script myself, I really respect what they do and I'm fortunate I get to work with people that I really enjoy working with and we all kind of spitball and work together on these things, but I haven't written a script yet.
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On the 'X-Men' films, people are always throwing out ideas and trying to get the shot to look the best and make the most sense, and to get it done efficiently. Everybody collaborates and everybody is very open to new ideas.
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There was a time in the 1980s when I worked in 22 films a year.
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British films are all "room with a view and a staircase and a pond."
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I would like to produce films, but I feel I am an unsuccessful producer. That's the fact.
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Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.
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To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema.
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All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.
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I don't think every movie should be made in 3-D, and it should depend on whether it's one of these films that's more immersive or needs to be taken to another world. I'm interested in other formats.
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Brie Larson had a great run, don't get me wrong, she's had amazing films, but this movie itself, the entire concept of it as her as a mother and coming back and trying to assimilate herself in the child's life - Room is a beautiful movie.
