"Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic."

Movies,

40

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic."

Exlpore more Movies quotes

"I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism."

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Movies, Jazz, Writers

"I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that."

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress

Movies, Now

"I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to."

Liz Phair, American Musician

Movies, Music, Time, Now

"You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting."

John Malkovich, American Actor

Movies, Work, Time, Painting

"I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Movies, Art, Adolescence, Childhood

"How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Movies, Film

"Movies are nice, but there are very few roles for women and most of them are sluts or something."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

Movies, Women

"I like movies that challenge people to recognize different things."

Casper Van Dien, American Actor

Movies, People, Challenge

"Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are."

Andy Garcia, American Actor

Movies, People, End

"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Movies, Day, World

Explore more quotes by Jami Gertz

"And we had a DJ - my childhood friend from Chicago came to be the DJ at our party out in LA. It was a party, rockin' and rolling, and it was dancing and fun. For me it was different; just to have family with us."

Family

"So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age."

Age

"Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the key to being a Hot Mom is having a sense of humor about yourself and all the crazy situations that arise."

Humor

"If you can feed your family, give them an education, then you are a success."

Success

"Well yes, my son was bar mitzvahed last April, after I made this film."

Son

"Midwest kids got to summer camp. There is something very special about being away from your parents for the first time, sleeping under the stars, hiking and canoeing."

Time

"My kids and my family are number one; I enjoy them the most."

Family

"Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level."

Mom

"That's human nature - the ups and downs."

Nature

"They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I am more reliant on other sources for my career."

Work