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"I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were."

"I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Movies, Direction, Hollywood, Production

5

"I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and eventually, if you have a certain sensibility, some of your movies will hit and some just won't."

"I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and eventually, if you have a certain sensibility, some of your movies will hit and some just won't."

Alex Winter, American Actor

Movies, Saying, Sensibility, Will

5

"That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story."

"That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story."

Gene Siskel, American Critic

5

"All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres."

"All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

5

"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."

"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, American Director

Movies, Children, Sexuality, Violence

5

"Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that."

"Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Movies, Wife, Ability, America

5

"Christopher Guest movies are my top of the line favorites."

"Christopher Guest movies are my top of the line favorites."

Nina Blackwood, American Celebrity

5

"People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies."

"People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

5

"People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't."

"People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't."

Crispin Glover, American Actor

Movies, People, Ideas

5

"Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me."

"Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me."

Tim Burton, American Director

Movies, Therapy

5

"There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?"

"There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?"

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Movies, Rejection

5

"The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons."

"The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons."

Robert MacNeil, Canadian Journalist

Movies, Being, Luxury, Now

5

"But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all."

"But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all."

Brian Lumley, English Writer

Movies, Death, Kiss, Talk

5

"When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star."

"When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

Movies, Thought, People, Dumb

5

"Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!"

"Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!"

David Zucker, American Director

5

"I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty."

"I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty."

Diane Kruger, German Model

Movies, Being, Pretty

5

"There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was always a vote. It was always two out of three."

"There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was always a vote. It was always two out of three."

David Zucker, American Director

Movies, Arguments, Vote, Years

5

"Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America."

"Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Movies, America, Culture, Jazz

5

"I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted."

"I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted."

John Cusack, American Actor

5

"You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies."

"You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies."

Clive Owen, English Actor

5

"I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot."

"I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Movies, Information, Violence

5

"In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies."

"In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies."

Brian Cox, British Actor

Movies, Cinema, Now, Sense

5

"When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies."

"When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Movies, Performance, Film, Worry

5

"Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out."

"Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out."

Monica Lewinsky, American Celebrity

Movies, Idea, Books, Press

5

"I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set."

"I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set."

Clea Duvall, American Actress

Movies, Fun, Horror

5

"I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites."

"I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

5

"When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way."

"When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way."

James Franco, American Actor

Movies, Thought, Actors

5

"Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man."

"Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

Movies, Thought, Fun, Man

5

"I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. I want to do movies that I want to talk about, that I'm proud of, but I also want to make a living."

"I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. I want to do movies that I want to talk about, that I'm proud of, but I also want to make a living."

Dean Cain, American Actor

Movies, Action, End, Living

5

"At that time, people wanted to be frightened. The Thing had come out, The Day the Earth Stood Still had come out, and these were all frightening movies."

"At that time, people wanted to be frightened. The Thing had come out, The Day the Earth Stood Still had come out, and these were all frightening movies."

Ann Robinson, American Actress

Movies, Time, People, Day

5

"We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away."

"We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

5

"I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies."

"I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies."

Bille August, Danish Director

Movies, Film, Television

5

"Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies."

"Right now, I'd like to just continue on a series where I am doing good work with a balance of comedy and drama. That and do occasional features and movies."

Mario Lopez, American Actor

Movies, Work, Balance, Comedy

5

"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

5

"Too much TV hurts movies."

"Too much TV hurts movies."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

5

"All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours."

"All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours."

Tony Scott, British Director

Movies, Revenge

5

"Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence."

"Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

Movies, Sex, Drugs, Innocence

5

"I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why."

"I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

Movies, Actors, Now, Today

5

"I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance."

"I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Movies, Performance, Actor, End

5

"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

Movies, Adulthood, Entertainment, Ideals

5

"I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don't like - and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know?"

"I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don't like - and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know?"

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Movies, People, Impression

5

"Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you."

"Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you."

Sean Penn, American Actor

5

"I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look."

"I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Movies, Thought, Books, Drama

5

"I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for them. When you start producing and directing the movies become a little more like your children."

"I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for them. When you start producing and directing the movies become a little more like your children."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

Movies, Children, Film, Publicity

5

"Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old."

"Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Movies, Hollywood, Old, Years

5

"More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation."

"More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

5

"The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment."

"The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment."

Annette Bening, American Actress

Movies, Tension, Want

5

"Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me."

"Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me."

Jerry Lawler, American Entertainer

Movies, People, Day, Talking

5

"I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series."

"I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

5

"I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work."

"I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work."

Walter Hill, American Director

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