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"In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie."

"In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

Movies, Advertising, Promotion, Words

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"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

4

"Growing up I didn't watch movies."

"Growing up I didn't watch movies."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Movies, Growing up

4

"And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head."

"And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head."

Ridley Scott, British Director

4

"I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place."

"I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

4

"There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies."

"There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Movies, Excitement, Theatre

4

"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

4

"Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?"

"Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?"

Ed Wood, American Director

Movies, Successful, Now, Profit

4

"When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America."

"When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

Movies, America, Media

4

"Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers."

"Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers."

Ken Follett, Welsh Author

Movies, Writers

4

"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

4

"Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that."

"Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Movies, Action, Career, Choices

4

"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."

"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

Movies, Idea, Act, Being

4

"Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer."

"Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

Movies, Cancer, Cure, Fun

4

"And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns."

"And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns."

Jeffrey Wright, American Actor

Movies, Values, Corporate, Reason

4

"The future is always a dystopia in movies."

"The future is always a dystopia in movies."

Alex Cox, British Director

4

"I don't think I would be getting any of these movies without that show, and that's a strong show, a great fan base and it's helped me out a lot. It took me out of Canada and brought me down to the states and gave me my career basically."

"I don't think I would be getting any of these movies without that show, and that's a strong show, a great fan base and it's helped me out a lot. It took me out of Canada and brought me down to the states and gave me my career basically."

Scott Speedman, English Actor

Movies, Canada, Career, states

4

"I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here."

"I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here."

Richard Serra, American Sculptor

4

"I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences."

"I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, Audiences, Taste

4

"Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense."

"Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Movies, America, Hurt, Nonsense

4

"I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good."

"I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good."

Chevy Chase, American Comedian

4

"In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much."

"In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much."

Chi McBride, American Actor

Movies, People, Opportunity, Respect

4

"Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick."

"Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Movies, Being, Provocative

4

"The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable."

"The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable."

Barry Levinson, American Director

4

"'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes."

"'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes."

James McAvoy, Scottish Actor

Movies, American, Favorite, Fire

4

"Duets is about six people, so it's like three different movies - three different duets. I was on the set 18 days, spread out over three and a half or four weeks."

"Duets is about six people, so it's like three different movies - three different duets. I was on the set 18 days, spread out over three and a half or four weeks."

Scott Speedman, English Actor

4

"If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic."

"If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Movies, People, Hollywood, Privilege

4

"We're gonna try and bring on all the different aspects of horror movie making and bring on guests and show all these old '50's B movies. Not the real corny ones, the real cool ones."

"We're gonna try and bring on all the different aspects of horror movie making and bring on guests and show all these old '50's B movies. Not the real corny ones, the real cool ones."

Jerry Only, American Musician

Movies, Guests, Horror, Old

4

"I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor."

"I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor."

Scott Wolf, American Actor

4

"I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion."

"I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

Movies, Actors, End

4

"Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere."

"Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Movies, Right, Want

4

"Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some."

"Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some."

Tina Turner, American Musician

4

"Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly."

"Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Movies, Business, People, Ugly

4

"Animation had been done before, but stories were never told."

"Animation had been done before, but stories were never told."

Marc Davis, American Artist

Movies, Animation

4

"Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea."

"Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea."

Robert Benton, American Director

Movies, Play, World

4

"Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done that since the beginning. So that's not new but the forms of it are different such as with the internet."

"Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done that since the beginning. So that's not new but the forms of it are different such as with the internet."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Movies, Beginning, Internet, Road

4

"There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay."

"There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

Movies, Nothing

4

"I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can."

"I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can."

Jean-Jacques Annaud, French Director

4

"Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good."

"Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

Movies, Society, Character, Culture

4

"I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials."

"I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials."

Sam Elliott, American Actor

4

"The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof."

"The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof."

Mary McCarthy, American Author

Movies, Negative, America

4

"Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic."

"Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

4

"I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have."

"I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have."

Jason Patric, American Actor

Movies, Character

4

"You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all."

"You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Movies, Women, Writer

4

"There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing."

"There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

4

"So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies."

"So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

4

"Those movies sure got me into a rut."

"Those movies sure got me into a rut."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

4

"I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor."

"I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor."

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

4

"After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made."

"After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made."

Tommy Kirk, American Actor

4

"Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot."

"Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

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