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"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

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful."

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful."

Bill Condon, American Director

Movies, Successful, Question

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

5

"Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay."

"Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay."

Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress

5

"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."

"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."

Shiri Appleby, American Actress

4

"In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film."

"In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

Movies, Development, Character, Connection

4

"I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies."

"I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

4

"I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view."

"I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Movies, Beliefs

4

"You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom."

"You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

Movies, Family, Kids, Talk

4

"I want to do movies but not talk about them."

"I want to do movies but not talk about them."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

Movies, Talk, Want

4

"I haven't seen Clones, which has been during this period when I haven't seen much of anything, but I did see Phantom Menace, and see my feelings about it - see, first of all, I think that when you make a lot of movies, your attitude about the movies changes."

"I haven't seen Clones, which has been during this period when I haven't seen much of anything, but I did see Phantom Menace, and see my feelings about it - see, first of all, I think that when you make a lot of movies, your attitude about the movies changes."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

Movies, Feelings, Attitude, First

4

"We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!"

"We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!"

William Petersen, American Actor

Movies, Success, People, Now

4

"I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out."

"I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

4

"I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97."

"I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97."

Rick Moranis, Canadian Actor

4

"Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift."

"Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Movies, Ireland, Today

4

"In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic."

"In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Movies, Romantic

4

"On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids."

"On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids."

Ken Thompson, American Scientist

Movies, Heroes, Kids, Press

4

"Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees."

"Sure, 'Twilight' is really huge right now and everybody's freaking out over it, but it will go away soon and I will be back to doing what I'm used to doing: weird little movies that nobody sees."

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

Movies, Now, Right, Will

4

"Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn't working for me. So I stopped."

"Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn't working for me. So I stopped."

Rick Moranis, Canadian Actor

Movies, Travel, Kids

4

"One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell - fantastic."

"One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell - fantastic."

Dwayne Johnson, American Actor

Movies, Time, Kissing, Man

4

"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

4

"Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season."

"Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season."

George Takei, American Actor

4

"Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live."

"Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live."

Shelley Winters, American Actress

Movies, Deep, Now, Silence

4

"There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth."

"There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

Movies, Truth, Attention

4

"My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own."

"My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

Movies, Wife, Acting, Being

4

"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."

"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Movies, Awards, Complaints, Old

4

"I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't like, and I understand that. It's an important movie and one that's extremely well done, but the amount of violent imagery was not for me."

"I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't like, and I understand that. It's an important movie and one that's extremely well done, but the amount of violent imagery was not for me."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

4

"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."

"It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

Movies, Man, Sound, Style

4

"I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff."

"I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Movies, Theatre

4

"I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse."

"I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

Movies, People, Idea

4

"My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think."

"My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Movies, Attention, Care, World

4

"I have done about 15 movies so far and am on my 5th season on That '70s Show."

"I have done about 15 movies so far and am on my 5th season on That '70s Show."

Danny Masterson, American Actor

4

"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

4

"George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies."

"George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Movies, May, Play

4

"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

4

"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

4

"Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag."

"Then I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag."

Pia Zadora, American Actress

Movies, People, Direction

4

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

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

Sean Penn, American Actor

4

"You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics."

"You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics."

John Milius, American Director

4

"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

4

"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

4

"The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance."

"The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance."

Alex Winter, American Actor

Movies, Balance, Culture, Order

4

"I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters."

"I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters."

Andy Garcia, American Actor

Movies, Control, Choices

4

"Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century."

"Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

4

"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

4

"Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore."

"Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

4

"I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms."

"I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms."

Sarah Vowell, American Author

Movies, Success

4

"It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well."

"It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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