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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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"And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble."
Douglas Sirk
"And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble."
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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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"I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well."
Neil Jordan
"I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well."
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"When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world."
Darren Aronofsky
"When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world."
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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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"If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common."
Tommy Lee Jones
"If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common."
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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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"But obviously as television began, it so undercut movies that he was trying to think of a way to combine seeing these special things, and the fact that people were just captivated by the magic box."
Bob Balaban
"But obviously as television began, it so undercut movies that he was trying to think of a way to combine seeing these special things, and the fact that people were just captivated by the magic box."
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"Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars."
Rob Paulsen
"Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars."
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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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"The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright."
Catherine Keener
"The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright."
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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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"In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film."
Joshua Leonard
"In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film."
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"You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting."
John Malkovich
"You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting."
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"I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me."
Ed O'Neill
"I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me."
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"I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role."
Elle Macpherson
"I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role."
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"I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax."
Eddie Murphy
"I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax."
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"I recently found out about this other super movie star. He only works from about 11:00 to 4:00, so all his movies take like 120 days. But this was a lot of stuff to do in 35 days."
Dana Carvey
"I recently found out about this other super movie star. He only works from about 11:00 to 4:00, so all his movies take like 120 days. But this was a lot of stuff to do in 35 days."
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"How many actors have a shot at being a part of something that became a part of pop culture? It's been very rewarding. I'm not getting the 20 million bucks for the new movies, but at least I'm getting warmth and recognition from people wherever I go."
Adam West
"How many actors have a shot at being a part of something that became a part of pop culture? It's been very rewarding. I'm not getting the 20 million bucks for the new movies, but at least I'm getting warmth and recognition from people wherever I go."
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"I am more of an old black and white movies fan."
Peter Tork
"I am more of an old black and white movies fan."
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"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."
Debbie Allen
"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."
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"If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space."
Brad Bird
"If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space."
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"When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match."
Bruce Beresford
"When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match."
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"So it took me five years because in the interim I have been doing a lot of personal appearances and movies and some television series that went into the plumbing and I stopped writing for a while."
Robert Klein
"So it took me five years because in the interim I have been doing a lot of personal appearances and movies and some television series that went into the plumbing and I stopped writing for a while."
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"Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed."
Tony Scott
"Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed."
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"I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe."
Roddy McDowall
"I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe."
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"Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism."
Wim Wenders
"Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism."
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"One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake."
Takeshi Kitano
"One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake."
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"In the 1950s we use to feel that television was taking away our comic readership; with today's exciting, powerfully visual movies I have to wonder about their effect on the kids' loyalty to the comic book medium all over again."
Joe Simon
"In the 1950s we use to feel that television was taking away our comic readership; with today's exciting, powerfully visual movies I have to wonder about their effect on the kids' loyalty to the comic book medium all over again."
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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."
Macaulay Culkin
"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."
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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."
Jennifer Lopez
"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."
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"They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children."
Philip Kaufman
"They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children."
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"But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies."
Robert Englund
"But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies."
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"I read and watch movies. I can't go to the movie theater much anymore, though, because I get recognized. It's worse sometimes if I wear a costume and try not to get recognized. I watch most of my films on airplanes."
Ayumi Hamasaki
"I read and watch movies. I can't go to the movie theater much anymore, though, because I get recognized. It's worse sometimes if I wear a costume and try not to get recognized. I watch most of my films on airplanes."
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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."
Dennis Muren
"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."
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"I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies."
Elmer Bernstein
"I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies."
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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."
David Niven
"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."
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"People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired."
Daphne Zuniga
"People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired."
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"It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies."
River Phoenix
"It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies."
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"The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies."
Sarah Zettel
"The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies."
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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."
Quentin Tarantino
"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."
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"Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised."
Arthur Hiller
"Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised."
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"The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment."
Alex Winter
"The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment."
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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."
Vincent D'Onofrio
"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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"I've signed on for four movies, and I'll do four. That's easy. No complications there."
Robbie Coltrane
"I've signed on for four movies, and I'll do four. That's easy. No complications there."
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"Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games."
J Allard
"Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games."
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"There's an electrical thing about movies."
Oliver Stone
"There's an electrical thing about movies."
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"We all had our reservations about possibly overdoing it but, you know, the script was great. Basically it stuck to the formula that worked for the first two movies, and for that reason I think this works as well."
Jason Biggs
"We all had our reservations about possibly overdoing it but, you know, the script was great. Basically it stuck to the formula that worked for the first two movies, and for that reason I think this works as well."
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"When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year."
Ridley Scott
"When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year."
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