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"I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win."

"I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

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"Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is."

"Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

Movies, Books, Mind

13

"This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own."

"This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, First, Trying

13

"I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste."

"I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

13

"I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies."

"I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

Movies, People, Eyes, Fighting

13

"It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim."

"It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

Movies, People, Beach, Pretty

13

"So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor."

"So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

13

"I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie."

"I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie."

Jason Patric, American Actor

13

"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."

"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

Movies, People, Cinema, Film

13

"So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies."

"So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

Movies, Balance

13

"I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that."

"I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

13

"I like movies that make you think."

"I like movies that make you think."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

13

"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

13

"I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though."

"I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

Movies, Want, Will

13

"I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty."

"I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

Movies, Managers

13

"I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it."

"I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Movies, Life, God

13

"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day."

"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Movies, Day, World

13

"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

13

"I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film."

"I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film."

Ted Demme, American Director

Movies, Film, Old

13

"I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies."

"I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Movies, Books, Kids

13

"I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it."

"I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

13

"I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world."

"I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Movies, Music, Romance, Class

13

"I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that."

"I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Movies, Life, Reason, Want

13

"I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor."

"I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor."

Donal Logue, Canadian Actor

Movies, Feeling

13

"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

"Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

Movies, Attention

13

"I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors."

"I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

13

"My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make."

"My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

Movies, Want, Will

13

"And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television."

"And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Movies, Television

13

"You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them."

"You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them."

David Fincher, American Director

13

"Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke."

"Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke."

W. Averell Harriman, American Politician

Movies, Americans, Difficulties, Russia

13

"The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies."

"The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

13

"A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing."

"A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

Movies, Opportunity, Acting, Career

13

"De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself."

"De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Movies, Day, Horror

13

"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

13

"I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies."

"I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Movies, Art, Adolescence, Childhood

13

"I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil."

"I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

Movies, Morality, Action, Evil

13

"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."

"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

13

"I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film."

"I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Movies, Film, First, Style

13

"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

13

"I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done."

"I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

13

"I manage to hide in my movies."

"I manage to hide in my movies."

Liev Schreiber, American Actor

13

"I've just grown a little disappointed with 'Muppets in the Old West', 'Muppets Under Water' and all these weird concept movies. I just want to go take it back to the early 80's, when it was about the Muppets trying to put on a show. That's what I'm trying to bring back."

"I've just grown a little disappointed with 'Muppets in the Old West', 'Muppets Under Water' and all these weird concept movies. I just want to go take it back to the early 80's, when it was about the Muppets trying to put on a show. That's what I'm trying to bring back."

Jason Segel, American Actor

Movies, Old, Trying, Want

13

"Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher."

"Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher."

Pauline Kael, American Critic

Movies, Day, May, Now

13

"Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it."

"Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

13

"The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars."

"The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars."

Kenneth Edmonds, American Musician

13

"I learned a lot about morality from fiction, from movies."

"I learned a lot about morality from fiction, from movies."

Rob Morrow, American Actor

Movies, Morality, Fiction

13

"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen."

"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

13

"There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor."

"There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

Movies, Time, Now, Want

13

"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

13

"The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that."

"The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

Movies, Opportunity, Action, Day

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