Films Quotes

I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.

I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.

I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films.

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same.

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.

I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with a character for four or five months and that's it, and you walk away from that character and you feel like you told a story.

I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style.

Most films I've worked on have had large casts, but they've been wonderful people. I think the monkey in Pirates of the Caribbean is the most temperamental costar I've had. It would throw tantrums like you wouldn't believe.

There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just don't work.

I want to do films I can relate to emotionally.

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films.

There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.

People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.

I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.

I'm in so many Charles Bronson films because no other actress will work with him.

It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don't take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.