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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."

"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, American Actress

Movies, Discipline, Energy, Night

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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."

"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, French Actress

Movies, Time, Mother, Film

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"I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies."

"I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

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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."

"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, American Actor

Movies, People, Sense, Talk

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"Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is."

"Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

Movies, Books, Mind

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"I see the tool set being the same and maybe doing virtual movies and that's fine for some stories but not for others. And maybe make all CG movies but they are already doing it."

"I see the tool set being the same and maybe doing virtual movies and that's fine for some stories but not for others. And maybe make all CG movies but they are already doing it."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

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"I've played heavies for years and years and years. I was bald. I came to Hollywood. I did a play about junk. I was a pusher, so I played pushers for years and years and years. I did war movies and things like that."

"I've played heavies for years and years and years. I was bald. I came to Hollywood. I did a play about junk. I was a pusher, so I played pushers for years and years and years. I did war movies and things like that."

Gavin MacLeod, American Actor

Movies, War, Hollywood, Play

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"I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like."

"I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like."

Patricia Arquette, American Actress

Movies, Work, Goal, Want

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"Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will."

"Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Movies, Will, Years

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"The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director."

"The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director."

George A. Romero, American Director

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"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."

"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

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"I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth."

"I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth."

Debbie Reynolds, American Actress

Movies, Clothes, Opinion, Realism

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"I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works."

"I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Movies, Animation, First, Problems, Saying

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"I became comfortable with what I knew would be the process of trying to pick up the pieces of brain that were in the rubble and tried to make some mosaic out of the pieces and that that would be the trajectory."

"I became comfortable with what I knew would be the process of trying to pick up the pieces of brain that were in the rubble and tried to make some mosaic out of the pieces and that that would be the trajectory."

Art Spiegelman, American Artist

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"I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days."

"I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days."

Christopher Plummer, Canadian Actor

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"I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that."

"I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

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"The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart."

"The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart."

John Woo, Chinese Director

Movies, Nature, People, Heart

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"I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through."

"I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Movies, Film, Kids, Name

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"If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space."

"If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space."

Brad Bird, American Cartoonist

Movies, Attention, Space

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"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day."

"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Movies, Day, World

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"I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold your breath for that one."

"I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold your breath for that one."

David Zucker, American Director

Movies, Now, Want

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"Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone."

"Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

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"Toward the end of school I started watching movies. Got a job in a movie theater in Brookline, Massachusetts."

"Toward the end of school I started watching movies. Got a job in a movie theater in Brookline, Massachusetts."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

Movies, End, Job, School

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"I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films."

"I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

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"It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days."

"It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

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"Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me."

"Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me."

John McTiernan, American Director

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"When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it."

"When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it."

Glenn Quinn, Irish Actor

Movies, Chance, First, Fun

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"Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is."

"Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is."

Alexis Bledel, American Actress

Movies, Film, School, Thinking

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"One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries than in movies, because I don't write the movies I do."

"One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries than in movies, because I don't write the movies I do."

Michael Apted, British Director

Movies, Soul, Sense

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"But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find."

"But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Movies, Music, Books, Writing

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"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."

"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

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"I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all."

"I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Movies, Time, Progress, Want

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"But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies."

"But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies."

Robert Englund, American Actor

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"And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world."

"And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Movies, Work, Being, Public

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"I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us."

"I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us."

David Zucker, American Director

Movies, Brothers, Old, Thinking

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"It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy."

"It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

Movies, Fantasy

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"I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy."

"I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy."

David Niven, English Actor

Movies, Acting, Care, School

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"Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit."

"Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

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"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

Movies, Attention

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"I think grown-ups don't go to movies because they're much more discerning."

"I think grown-ups don't go to movies because they're much more discerning."

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

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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."

"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

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"I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise."

"I know that in order to be considered successful, you're supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

Movies, Work, Successful, Children

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"At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies that I don't really like."

"At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies that I don't really like."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

Movies, Money, Fun

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"I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success."

"I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

Movies, Success, Want

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"Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not."

"Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not."

Zoe Saldana, American Actor

Movies, Sex, People, Trying

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"To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence."

"To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Movies, Music, First, Play

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"Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies."

"Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies."

S. E. Hinton, American Writer

Movies, Books, Ruin

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"The movies were custard compared to politics."

"The movies were custard compared to politics."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

Movies, Politics

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"In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better."

"In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better."

John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

Movies, Old, Today, Writing

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"Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically."

"Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Movies, Actors, Today

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