"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt."

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"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt."

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

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

Movies, Name

"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

"When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool."

Christina Milian, American Musician

Movies, People

"That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end."

Terry Zwigoff, American Director

Movies, Day, End, Film, Worth

"Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."

Casey Kasem, American Broadcaster

Movies, Thought, Talking

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"When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear."

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"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt."

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"No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing."

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"Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character."

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

"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!"

"When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool."

"That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end."

"Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."

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"When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear."

"I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially."

"The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films."

"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt."

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