"Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense."

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"Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense."

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"I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Movies, Books, Years

"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff."

Ted Demme, American Director

Movies, Today, Want

"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Movies, Music, Influence, Moments

"Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies."

Mario Lopez, American Actor

Movies, Work, Balance, Comedy

"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Movies, Being, Bigotry, Civil rights

"I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Movies, People, Children, Desperation

"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

Movies, Name

"My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

Movies, Time, Father, Daughter

"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."

Jack Valenti, American Businessman

Movies, Crime

"At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!"

John Hughes, American Director

Movies, Teen, Time, Sex

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"The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work."

Money

"Friends take up time, and I didn't have time."

Time

"What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution."

Constitution

"I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it."

Movies

"Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property."

Comfort

"I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think."

Ability

"Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love."

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"I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays."

"What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff."

"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."

"Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies."

"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

"I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other."

"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."

"My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time."

"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."

"At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!"

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"The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work."

"Friends take up time, and I didn't have time."

"What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution."

"I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it."

"Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property."

"I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think."

"Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star."

"I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends."

"There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground."

"Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love."