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"Actually I did, because I saw the film like everyone else, ten years ago and I remembered some of it. I just wanted to see it, to kind of remember the tone a little bit."

"Actually I did, because I saw the film like everyone else, ten years ago and I remembered some of it. I just wanted to see it, to kind of remember the tone a little bit."

Julianne Moore, American Actress

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"You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film."

"You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Needs, Want

47

"It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me."

"It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

Film, First, Present

47

"I played the best role I've ever seen on TV or film in the last five years. It was hugely gratifying."

"I played the best role I've ever seen on TV or film in the last five years. It was hugely gratifying."

Sherry Stringfield, American Actress

46

"I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like."

"I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Film, Ireland, Theater

46

"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."

"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

46

"I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went."

"I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went."

David Naughton, American Actor

46

"What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Absitenence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing."

"What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Absitenence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

46

"This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are."

"This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

Film, Fun, Horror

46

"Once a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic of it all."

"Once a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic of it all."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

46

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

46

"I've always loved film more than theater."

"I've always loved film more than theater."

Laura Dern, American Actress

46

"I did not go to film school."

"I did not go to film school."

Richard King, American Director

46

"It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it."

"It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

46

"Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better."

"Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

46

"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."

"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."

Robert Stack, American Actor

Film, Television, Word

46

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

46

"Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned."

"Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

46

"Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki."

"Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

46

"I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival."

"I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival."

David Attenborough, British Journalist

46

"In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!"

"In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!"

John Badham, British Director

Film, Gravity, Light, Space

46

"For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film."

"For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

46

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

45

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

45

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Reason, Romantic

45

"One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention."

"One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Flying, Intention, Moments

45

"John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film."

"John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film."

Mink Stole, American Actress

45

"This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film."

"This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

45

"But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy."

"But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Now, Will, Years

45

"In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld."

"In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld."

Charles Keating, American Lawyer

Film, Television

45

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Film, Americans, Population, World

45

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

Julie Christie, British Actress

45

"It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film."

"It's gotten to the point where it's big news when I don't do a horror film."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

Film, Horror, News

45

"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."

"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."

Michael Pitt, American Actor

45

"Film scores are often based on short themes, and it helps if you've got some way of developing these themes and making them sometimes last 4 minutes and sometimes last 40 seconds. One ends up doing it subconsciously."

"Film scores are often based on short themes, and it helps if you've got some way of developing these themes and making them sometimes last 4 minutes and sometimes last 40 seconds. One ends up doing it subconsciously."

Anne Dudley, English Composer

45

"You live for those really great scenes where you almost feel that the film has gone beyond what was printed on the script pages and been raised to another level."

"You live for those really great scenes where you almost feel that the film has gone beyond what was printed on the script pages and been raised to another level."

Tobey Maguire, American Actor

45

"So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film. If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!"

"So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film. If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!"

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Film, Name, Will

45

"We did one pilot for FOX which was about this couple that moves to a town, and we play everyone in the entire town. So it was like a Peter Sellers film."

"We did one pilot for FOX which was about this couple that moves to a town, and we play everyone in the entire town. So it was like a Peter Sellers film."

Thomas Lennon, American Actor

45

"I think making a good film shot is joyful."

"I think making a good film shot is joyful."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

45

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

David Naughton, American Actor

45

"I die in almost every film I've been in."

"I die in almost every film I've been in."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

45

"No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it."

"No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Film, Boats, Racing

45

"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."

"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

45

"I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife."

"I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Film, Pretty, Wildlife, World

45

"Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film."

"Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

45

"I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way."

"I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

45

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

Film, Nudity, Right

45

"I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do."

"I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Film, Photography, Public

45

"Yeah, I'm certainly a lot more confident on this one than I was one the last one, which I think can be a good thing and a bad thing. But, at least I slept while making this film."

"Yeah, I'm certainly a lot more confident on this one than I was one the last one, which I think can be a good thing and a bad thing. But, at least I slept while making this film."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

45

"Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina."

"Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

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