1,004 Quotes Regarding Movies


Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.
Ang Lee

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.
Ang Lee

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.
Ang Lee

3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.
Ang Lee

I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.
Meryl Streep

I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'
Henry Louis Gates

My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as 'Tarzan' and in programs such as 'Ramar of the Jungle' and 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.'
Henry Louis Gates

I like to hang out with my friends. I love music. I like to go to the movies. I like to eat. I like to cook.
Joan Jett

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama there's no device, It's just about a human being.
Jack Nicholson

Movies make you immortal and ageless.
Kristin Scott Thomas

I grew up watching all these crazy movies, European movies and stuff, and I guess that I always laughed at things that were a little more offbeat.
Louis C. K.

I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.'
Louis C. K.

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.
Jackie Chan

I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
Jackie Chan

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.
Edward Zwick

If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.
John Cusack

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.
Eric Cantona

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.
Julia Roberts

Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.
Julia Roberts

I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser.
Shirley MacLaine