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"I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature."
Jean-Jacques Annaud
"I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature."
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"You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them."
Sissy Spacek
"You don't forget the movies, but you forget the details of them."
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"We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't have to be white, and the other one doesn't have to be the ethnic sidekick. We're way over that. And I think it's happening in society, too."
Roger Ebert
"We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't have to be white, and the other one doesn't have to be the ethnic sidekick. We're way over that. And I think it's happening in society, too."
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"I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done."
Peter Mayhew
"I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done."
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"Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better."
Carlos Alazraqui
"Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better."
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"I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again."
Alexa Vega
"I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again."
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"I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of."
Joshua Leonard
"I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of."
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"Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid."
Anthony Hopkins
"Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid."
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"I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people."
Kim Novak
"I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people."
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"I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again."
Christopher Walken
"I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again."
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"Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater."
James Broughton
"Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater."
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"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
"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."
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"I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making."
Javier Bardem
"I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making."
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"Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that."
Aaron Eckhart
"Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that."
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"I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them."
Michelle Rodriguez
"I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them."
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"I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing."
Noah Hathaway
"I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing."
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"There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can."
Clint Eastwood
"There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can."
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"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
"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."
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"They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em."
Alex Winter
"They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em."
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"I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films."
Ken Burns
"I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films."
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"You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart."
J. D. Salinger
"You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart."
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"It's my motor, it's the thing that keeps me going and so when I have these auditions for these big movies, I can depend on myself because I've been working consistently."
Nia Long
"It's my motor, it's the thing that keeps me going and so when I have these auditions for these big movies, I can depend on myself because I've been working consistently."
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"Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies."
Owen Wilson
"Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies."
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"You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people."
Patrice Leconte
"You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people."
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"If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies."
Patricia Highsmith
"If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies."
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"Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film."
Roger Ebert
"Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film."
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"I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's when I watch my movies."
William Peter Blatty
"I get cassettes near Academy Award time of every movie that's made that thinks it has some kind of chance for a nomination - that's when I watch my movies."
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"It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied."
Manuel Puig
"It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied."
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"The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to travel, and the way things develop sort of slowly - it's almost the antithetical of what's currently going on in the movies, you know."
Lawrence Kasdan
"The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to travel, and the way things develop sort of slowly - it's almost the antithetical of what's currently going on in the movies, you know."
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"The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince."
Jodie Foster
"The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince."
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"When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris."
Jean-Jacques Annaud
"When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris."
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"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work."
Kristen Stewart
"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work."
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"I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."
Dakota Fanning
"I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."
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"In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies."
Stephen Sondheim
"In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies."
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"Nobody makes movies bad on purpose."
Roland Emmerich
"Nobody makes movies bad on purpose."
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"Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the game for hundreds of hours. They have the movie in their heads, they've built it on their own. These guys are always very disappointed in the movies."
Uwe Boll
"Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the game for hundreds of hours. They have the movie in their heads, they've built it on their own. These guys are always very disappointed in the movies."
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"I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that."
Chiaki Kuriyama
"I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that."
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"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
"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."
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"I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."
Renny Harlin
"I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."
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"One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes."
Donna Mills
"One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes."
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"What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once."
Clive Barker
"What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once."
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"I make movies based on gut."
Jerry Bruckheimer
"I make movies based on gut."
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"I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies."
Meryl Streep
"I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies."
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"I can't just sit around and do nothing. Although, I can sit on the couch sometimes and just watch movies."
Brian Austin Green
"I can't just sit around and do nothing. Although, I can sit on the couch sometimes and just watch movies."
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"I aspire to eventually be making my living by making movies."
Richard King
"I aspire to eventually be making my living by making movies."
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"You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours."
Blythe Danner
"You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours."
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"My mother did movies from the New Wave, but I was quite shocked I didn't know much about that period. Bernado showed us film of the demonstrations of the time."
Eva Green
"My mother did movies from the New Wave, but I was quite shocked I didn't know much about that period. Bernado showed us film of the demonstrations of the time."
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"I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies."
Tony Curtis
"I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies."
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"I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense."
Ryan Phillippe
"I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense."
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"Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is."
Sue Grafton
"Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is."
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