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"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

"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

13

"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

13

"One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that."

"One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that."

Oliver Stone, American Director

13

"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

13

"I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies."

"I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies."

Karel Reisz, Czechoslovakian Director

Movies, Vision, Beginning, Now

13

"Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre."

"Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Movies, Books, Theatre

13

"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

13

"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

13

"I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction."

"I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction."

Tim Conway, American Actor

Movies, People, Moments

13

"I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious."

"I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Movies, Name, Names, Want

13

"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."

"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."

Jack Valenti, American Businessman

13

"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

13

"All I do is go to the movies."

"All I do is go to the movies."

Elizabeth Wurtzel, American Writer

13

"I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies."

"I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies."

Robert De Niro, American Actor

13

"I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene."

"I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

Movies, Corporate, Now, Right

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece."

"I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

Movies, Being, Fans, Games

13

"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

13

"I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books."

"I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Movies, Books, Zombies

13

"Obviously, CGI in the last ten years has gone through such leaps and bounds that today, people are looking for these kinds of movies to wow audiences with technology."

"Obviously, CGI in the last ten years has gone through such leaps and bounds that today, people are looking for these kinds of movies to wow audiences with technology."

Avi Arad, Israeli Businessman

Movies, Technology, People, Audiences

13

"Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years."

"Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years."

Bruce Greenwood, Canadian Actor

Movies, Fun, Racing, Years

13

"I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant."

"I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant."

Forest Whitaker, American Actor

13

"Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film."

"Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

Movies, America, Class, Film

13

"The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to travel, and the way things develop sort of slowly - it's almost the antithetical of what's currently going on in the movies, you know."

"The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to travel, and the way things develop sort of slowly - it's almost the antithetical of what's currently going on in the movies, you know."

Lawrence Kasdan, American Producer

Movies, Travel, Land, Want

13

"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work."

"I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work."

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

Movies, Work, Being, Day

13

"Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies."

"Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies."

Marvin Hamlisch, American Composer

Movies, People, Doubt, Mind

13

"Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the game for hundreds of hours. They have the movie in their heads, they've built it on their own. These guys are always very disappointed in the movies."

"Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the game for hundreds of hours. They have the movie in their heads, they've built it on their own. These guys are always very disappointed in the movies."

Uwe Boll, German Director

13

"I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film."

"I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Movies, Film, Responsibility

13

"I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind."

"I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind."

Gene Siskel, American Critic

Movies, Heroism, Mankind

13

"I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals."

"I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals."

Zac Efron, American Actor

Movies, Music, Disney

13

"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

Rachel Griffiths, American Actress

Movies, Being, Bigotry, Civil rights

13

"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."

"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

13

"I think it would be fun to write about movies again."

"I think it would be fun to write about movies again."

Bill Condon, American Director

13

"There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work."

"There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Movies, Work, People, Want

12

"If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York."

"If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York."

Griffin Dunne, American Actor

12

"The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them."

"The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

12

"I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies."

"I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies."

Samuel L. Jackson, American Actor

Movies, Sensibility

12

"In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor."

"In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor."

Sean Penn, American Actor

12

"But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He's seen my good stuff, he's seen my bad stuff, he's seen the ones I directed, he's read my autobiography. There's an awful lot of things he knows about me, all of which I think had something to do with his casting."

"But, Tarantino has seen all of my movies. He's seen my good stuff, he's seen my bad stuff, he's seen the ones I directed, he's read my autobiography. There's an awful lot of things he knows about me, all of which I think had something to do with his casting."

David Carradine, American Actor

Movies, Autobiography

12

"Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them."

"Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

12

"My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run."

"My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

12

"Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will."

"Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Movies, Will, Years

12

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