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"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

8

"When we did the pilot, I sort of pictured this guy pirating a signal and then this story unfolding of him building this satellite and these robots and watching these bad movies."

"When we did the pilot, I sort of pictured this guy pirating a signal and then this story unfolding of him building this satellite and these robots and watching these bad movies."

Joel Hodgson, American Entertainer

Movies, Building

8

"Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule."

"Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule."

Tom Sizemore, American Actor

Movies, Being, Horror, Man

8

"I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately."

"I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately."

David Morse, American Actor

Movies, People, Difference

8

"It's kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over again. It's also true that the times dictate what kind of movies get made and what kind are not. So I'm always looking for something that's a little fresh and something that I haven't seen before."

"It's kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over again. It's also true that the times dictate what kind of movies get made and what kind are not. So I'm always looking for something that's a little fresh and something that I haven't seen before."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

8

"I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies."

"I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies."

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

Movies, Fear, Being

8

"I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need."

"I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

8

"There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things."

"There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things."

Antonio Banderas, Spanish Actor

Movies, Life, Forget, Rest

8

"I don't like James Bond. They made him a super hero, but he is just an agent, a human being. In my movies, secret agents are more realistic, I didn't want to portray them in the most glowing colours."

"I don't like James Bond. They made him a super hero, but he is just an agent, a human being. In my movies, secret agents are more realistic, I didn't want to portray them in the most glowing colours."

King Hu, Chinese Director

Movies, Being, Want

8

"I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies."

"I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

8

"I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact."

"I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact."

Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress

Movies, People, Challenge, Trying

8

"I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!"

"I'll be a flop in movies. Besides, I don't like 'em, and I never did believe there was a place called Hollywood. Somebody made it up!"

Patsy Kelly, American Comedian

Movies, Hollywood

8

"American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions."

"American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions."

Todd Gitlin, American Sociologist

Movies, Music, Power, America

8

"Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not."

"Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not."

Daniel Craig, English Actor

Movies, Chess, Thinking

8

"I like to make movies I like to watch."

"I like to make movies I like to watch."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

8

"I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies."

"I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

8

"I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other."

"I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Movies, People, Children, Desperation

8

"I hate horror movies."

"I hate horror movies."

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician

Movies, Hate, Horror

8

"I make movies I want to see."

"I make movies I want to see."

Neil LaBute, American Director

8

"What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once."

"What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once."

Clive Barker, English Writer

7

"Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking."

"Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking."

Nick Stahl, American Actor

Movies, Risk, Risk-taking

7

"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

7

"Only the Russian Cultural Officer was interested in my project."

"Only the Russian Cultural Officer was interested in my project."

Wolfgang Staudte, German Director

Movies, Project

7

"I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies."

"I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies."

Samantha Mumba, Irish Musician

7

"I didn't quit movies. They quit me."

"I didn't quit movies. They quit me."

Jane Powell, American Actress

7

"I want to get into movies, not just TV series."

"I want to get into movies, not just TV series."

LaToya London, American Musician

7

"You read a lot about movies with budgets of $25 to 30 million. Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?"

"You read a lot about movies with budgets of $25 to 30 million. Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?"

Roy Scheider, American Actor

Movies, Money, Budgets, Hell

7

"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

7

"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

7

"I left 'Law and Order' because I really honestly did want to do movies and did want to be a movie star since I was a little girl."

"I left 'Law and Order' because I really honestly did want to do movies and did want to be a movie star since I was a little girl."

Angie Harmon, American Model

Movies, Order, Want

7

"My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas."

"My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas."

Jerry B. Jenkins, American Novelist

Movies, Dream, Ideas, Fiction

7

"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

7

"I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies."

"I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies."

Obie Trice, American Musician

7

"It's kind of like family. I can't say that we go out to lunch and to the movies every day with each other. Everyone's fully grown adult women with lives."

"It's kind of like family. I can't say that we go out to lunch and to the movies every day with each other. Everyone's fully grown adult women with lives."

Kathy Valentine, American Musician

Movies, Women, Family, Day

7

"I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another."

"I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another."

Sam Raimi, American Director

7

"What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement."

"What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement."

William Hurt, American Actor

Movies, Improvement

7

"But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me."

"But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Movies, Canada, Danger

7

"I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies."

"I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Movies, Acting, Boys, College

7

"Very few movies I've done I regret being involved in."

"Very few movies I've done I regret being involved in."

Jared Harris, British Actor

Movies, Being, Regret

7

"Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen."

"Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen."

Robert Rodriguez, American Director

Movies, Books, Sin, Study

7

"I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me."

"I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me."

Debbie Reynolds, American Actress

Movies, Thought, Day

7

"Movies are nice, but there are very few roles for women and most of them are sluts or something."

"Movies are nice, but there are very few roles for women and most of them are sluts or something."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

7

"That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises."

"That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Movies, Surprises

7

"Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that."

"Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

7

"Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband."

"Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband."

Bridgette Wilson, American Actress

Movies, Life, Husband, Play

7

"Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject."

"Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject."

Joe Grant, American Artist

Movies, Corporate, Direction, Disney, Projects

7

"Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films."

"Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Movies, America, Relationships

7

"I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make."

"I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

7

"I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff."

"I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

6

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