"My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different."

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"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Movies, Being, Choice

"So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Movies, Actor

"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Movies, Business, Advertising, Humanity

"Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

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"I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work."

Walter Hill, American Director

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"I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other."

Neil Innes, British Writer

Movies, Poor, Saying, Trying

"So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

Movies, Balance

"I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms."

Sarah Vowell, American Author

Movies, Success

"I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

Movies, Art, Want, Years

"Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

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"It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great."

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"Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two."

Habit

"My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself."

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"Life started getting good when I started making money."

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"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."

"So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor."

"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero."

"Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers."

"I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work."

"I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other."

"So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies."

"I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms."

"I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie."

"Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that."

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"It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great."

"Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me."

"I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff."

"Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable."

"But I've consistently worked for 10 years."

"I didn't do the typical things that young kids do."

"I wanted to be a professional baseball player."

"Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two."

"My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself."

"Life started getting good when I started making money."