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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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"I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays."

"I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Movies, Books, Years

6

"I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones."

"I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones."

Patti Page, American Musician

Movies, Thought, Actor

6

"We are the movies and the movies are us."

"We are the movies and the movies are us."

David Ansen, American Critic

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"You see so many movies... the younger people who are coming from MTV or who are coming from commercials and there's no sense of film grammar. There's no real sense of how to tell a story visually. It's just cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, you know, which is pretty easy."

"You see so many movies... the younger people who are coming from MTV or who are coming from commercials and there's no sense of film grammar. There's no real sense of how to tell a story visually. It's just cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, you know, which is pretty easy."

Peter Bogdanovich, American Director

Movies, People, Film, Grammar

6

"Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars."

"Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars."

Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

Movies, Pornography, Trying

6

"I learned a lot about critics, not to really take them too seriously about movies."

"I learned a lot about critics, not to really take them too seriously about movies."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

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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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"It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it."

"It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it."

Chevy Chase, American Comedian

5

"I think what Hollywood has done for so long, is make movies for themselves."

"I think what Hollywood has done for so long, is make movies for themselves."

David Hunt, English Politician

Movies, Hollywood

5

"I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing."

"I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing."

Matt Damon, American Actor

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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."

"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, American Actress

Movies, Life, People, Career

3

"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."

"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Movies, Work, Reason

3

"Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him."

"Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Movies, Majority

3

"Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts."

"Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts."

Gene Shalit, American Critic

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"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."

"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Movies, Being, Choice

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