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"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."

"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

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"Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded."

"Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

9

"I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion."

"I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

Movies, Actors, End

9

"I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those are all different kinds of fees."

"I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those are all different kinds of fees."

Bruce Vilanch, American Comedian

9

"I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor."

"I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor."

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

9

"I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read."

"I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

Movies, Books, Care

9

"I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here."

"I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here."

Mel Smith, British Actor

Movies, Credit, London

9

"I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see - you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location."

"I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see - you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location."

Bob Balaban, American Actor

Movies, Idea, Theater

9

"There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just don't work."

"There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just don't work."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Movies, Work, Attitude, Hope

9

"They wanted me to do Scream 2, and I hate talking about movies I turned down, because it sounds judgmental. There's nothing wrong with horror movies. I enjoy watching them. The main reason I turn a part down is if I think I won't be good."

"They wanted me to do Scream 2, and I hate talking about movies I turned down, because it sounds judgmental. There's nothing wrong with horror movies. I enjoy watching them. The main reason I turn a part down is if I think I won't be good."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Movies, Hate, Horror, Nothing

9

"I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order."

"I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order."

Tom McClintock, American Politician

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"Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion."

"Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

Movies, Emotion, Horror

9

"It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate."

"It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate."

David Caruso, American Actor

Movies, People, Fact

9

"Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to keep 'em down in L.A."

"Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to keep 'em down in L.A."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Movies, Canada, Film, Want

9

"I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites."

"I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

Movies, Kids, Pretty

9

"I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen."

"I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen."

Alex Winter, American Actor

9

"Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President."

"Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Movies, Being, President, states

9

"I think drug movies free the director to make intense films."

"I think drug movies free the director to make intense films."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

9

"They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up."

"They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Movies, Chance, Summer, Want

9

"I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies."

"I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

9

"One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much."

"One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Movies, Problems, World

9

"Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies."

"Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies."

Owen Wilson, American Actor

Movies, Growing up

9

"Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them."

"Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them."

Chris Rock, American Comedian

Movies, Job, Now, Right

9

"You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success."

"You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success."

Molly Ringwald, American Actress

Movies, Success, People, Collaboration

9

"And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies."

"And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies."

Rick Moranis, Canadian Actor

9

"I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants."

"I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

Movies, Friends, Restaurants

9

"Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?"

"Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?"

Kate Hudson, American Actress

8

"Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it."

"Everybody wants blockbusters. I like to see a few pictures now and then that have to do with people and have relationships, and that's what I want to do films about. I don't want to see these sci-fi movies, and I don't want to do one of those. I don't understand it."

James Garner, American Activist

Movies, People, Now, Relationships

8

"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working."

"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Movies, People, Want

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"I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again."

"I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again."

Lee Remick, American Actress

Movies, Acting, Hollywood

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"Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege."

"Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege."

Mark Rydell, American Director

Movies, Career, Privilege, Stars

8

"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

8

"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

8

"My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer."

"My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Movies, Credit, Film, Writer

8

"I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward."

"I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward."

Danny Masterson, American Actor

8

"I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth."

"I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

Movies, Truth, Living

8

"It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good."

"It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good."

Emily Blunt, British Actress

8

"My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'"

"My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'"

Sally Field, American Actress

8

"Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't."

"Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Movies, Children

8

"And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more."

"And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

Movies, Credit, Want

8

"I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away."

"I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away."

John Hughes, American Director

Movies, End, First, Hate

8

"I'm hard-pressed to think of a lot of great rock movies."

"I'm hard-pressed to think of a lot of great rock movies."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

8

"Movies make you immortal and ageless."

"Movies make you immortal and ageless."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

8

"Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies."

"Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

Movies, Childhood, Weekend

8

"Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make."

"Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make."

Alain Resnais, French Director

Movies, Purpose, Luck

8

"Making movies is all about instinct."

"Making movies is all about instinct."

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian Director

Movies, Instinct

8

"I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies."

"I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies."

Tim Burton, American Director

8

"No, I like today's cinema a lot. But I've spent so many decades only making movies. There's so much that I still want to do. Like, live. It's only up to me."

"No, I like today's cinema a lot. But I've spent so many decades only making movies. There's so much that I still want to do. Like, live. It's only up to me."

Jean-Louis Trintignant, French Actor

Movies, Cinema, Today, Want

8

"It is up to us to produce better-quality movies."

"It is up to us to produce better-quality movies."

Lloyd Kaufman, American Director

8

"With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor."

"With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Movies, Time, Summer

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