Films Quotes
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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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Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail it is a big story, which is why there are two more films coming, which will bring the total length of the series to 3 hours.
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I hope I'm always lucky enough to be able to work in theater, TV, and big films and small films. I think there's advantages and disadvantages to all of them. The fact that this was a small film without much money and without much time made it rich in energy and momentum and drive when we were actually making it 'cause that's all you've got. You've just got the story and the people.
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There are a lot of films that come out for kids, and the parents have to suffer through it.
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A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
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I collect all the reviews of the films I turned down. And when they're bad - I have to smile.
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Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.
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I have been very cautious about the films that I do. I hope to always entertain my audience. The day I am not able to do that, I will quit acting.
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I love films, I love the way they make me feel.
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I personally like to see films that are the work of as singular a consciousness as possible.
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I'm in this business to make films, not get deluded by the system. The system is set up to give you a headache.
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I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points.
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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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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 was trained on the stage, and I can do stage as well as I can do movies, but I prefer films.
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When I started making films, it was never that I had this great ambition to only do gay-themed material.
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It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.
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Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.
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Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
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My friends are always honest with me about films. But I really wanted to talk to regular people and kind of have a forum to interact with them; not just about films, but about everything.
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A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.
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Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.
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I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.
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Frank Capra made a series of films during World War II called 'Why We Fight' that explored America's reasons for entering the war. Today, with our troops engaged in Iraq and elsewhere for reasons far less clear, I think it's crucial to ask the questions: 'Why are we doing what we are doing? What is it doing to others? And what is it doing to us?'
