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"Comedy is so fun. I don't know how these people can make movies and work on them for four months and they're these sob stories. I don't know how emotionally you get through that."

"Comedy is so fun. I don't know how these people can make movies and work on them for four months and they're these sob stories. I don't know how emotionally you get through that."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

Movies, Work, People, Comedy

15

"Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies."

"Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies."

Kevin Spacey, American Actor

15

"There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can."

"There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

15

"I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many."

"I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many."

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

15

"I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get."

"I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

15

"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun."

"The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Movies, Fans, Fun, Horror

15

"I now, more and more, appreciate when I'm in a group of good people and get to work in good movies and projects. I'm wildly grateful and appreciative."

"I now, more and more, appreciate when I'm in a group of good people and get to work in good movies and projects. I'm wildly grateful and appreciative."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

Movies, Work, People, Now

15

"I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!"

"I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!"

Emma Stone, American Actress

Movies, Women, Teachers, Thinking

15

"You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them."

"You could just do independent movies, but I like bigger kind of studio movies, at least some of them."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

15

"I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement."

"I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement."

Jason Patric, American Actor

14

"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."

"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."

James Stewart, American Actor

14

"You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person."

"You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

Movies, People, Comedy, Romantic

14

"I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them."

"I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

14

"I even knew some of the dialogue but it was definitely cool to look at. We always argue that the movies should be loyal but in this case I could argue that it might have been too loyal."

"I even knew some of the dialogue but it was definitely cool to look at. We always argue that the movies should be loyal but in this case I could argue that it might have been too loyal."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

14

"My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different."

"My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

Movies, Work, Theory

14

"I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2."

"I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2."

Jason Patric, American Actor

14

"I would rather do movies because I'm very lazy and the hours are much easier."

"I would rather do movies because I'm very lazy and the hours are much easier."

Michael Vartan, French Actor

14

"I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some plays in theater workshops for people with disabilities."

"I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some plays in theater workshops for people with disabilities."

Chris Burke, American Actor

Movies, People, Television, Theater

14

"Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred."

"Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred."

Jason Patric, American Actor

Movies, Being, Now, Vanity

14

"There's not a lot of good movies being made."

"There's not a lot of good movies being made."

Sean Penn, American Actor

14

"If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career."

"If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Movies, Audiences, Career, Value

14

"When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films."

"When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films."

Geena Davis, American Actress

Movies, Daughter, Act, Choices

14

"I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies."

"I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies."

Esther Williams, American Actress

14

"Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything's cool, and you don't necessarily want to know what's in it. The same thing holds true with movies."

"Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything's cool, and you don't necessarily want to know what's in it. The same thing holds true with movies."

Jeffrey Wright, American Actor

Movies, Kitchen, Want

14

"I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn't hurt the book."

"I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn't hurt the book."

Paul Auster, American Author

Movies, Books, Hurt, Worry

14

"And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more."

"And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

Movies, Thought

14

"I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films."

"I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

14

"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."

"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."

Bette Davis, American Actress

14

"I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche."

"I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

Movies, Opportunity, Praise, Risk

14

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

14

"A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action."

"A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action."

Jason Statham, British Actor

Movies, Action, Today

14

"One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible."

"One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible."

John Badham, British Director

Movies, Idea, Computer, Day

14

"You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office."

"You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office."

Jason Patric, American Actor

14

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

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

Nina Blackwood, American Celebrity

14

"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

14

"I think grown-ups don't go to movies because they're much more discerning."

"I think grown-ups don't go to movies because they're much more discerning."

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

14

"The fact is, it's hard to release movies."

"The fact is, it's hard to release movies."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

14

"I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic."

"I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Movies, Dawn, Magic

14

"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

14

"In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery."

"In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Movies, Control, Fighting, Theater

14

"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

14

"I get a lot from all young people. I make movies for young people. If I made pictures for people my age, no one would see them. I hang with young people all the time."

"I get a lot from all young people. I make movies for young people. If I made pictures for people my age, no one would see them. I hang with young people all the time."

Robert Evans, American Director

Movies, Time, Age, People

14

"Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes."

"Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes."

Roger Penrose, English Physicist

14

"I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit."

"I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit."

Esther Williams, American Actress

14

"In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent."

"In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

14

"I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies."

"I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

14

"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."

"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

Movies, Money, Actors, Stars

14

"In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them."

"In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Movies, Actors, Animals, Dogs

14

"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."

"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Movies, Music, Influence, Moments

14

"I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies."

"I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

14

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