Films Quotes
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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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My philosophy has always been to try to put myself into roles and films that are different. That intensified after 'Lord of the Rings' because it was so massive, but it's something I've always believed in, wanting to change people's perceptions and challenge myself as an actor.
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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 collect all the reviews of the films I turned down. And when they're bad - I have to smile.
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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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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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Films always make everyone else rich save the author.
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For films, the process is that you work consistently and constantly for 3-4 months and then leave; whereas for a play, you prepare for about a month and then continue performing it for 5 to 6 months.
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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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Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.
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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?'
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Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.
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I've always kind of hated films about climate change.
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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
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I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.
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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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When I started making films, it was never that I had this great ambition to only do gay-themed material.
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I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be a film actor with no experience whatsoever if you've got a good director.
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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.
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I'm proud to have been in some of the films that continue to be a special part of people's lives.
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I also loved that there in Into the Forest was a beautiful balance to it, where they were strong and survivors and doing things in the film that we normally only see men do, but they were still human and vulnerable, and they still broke and had moments of weakness. That's something that we don't often get to see in these films, either.
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Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
