Movies Quotes

I didn't see a ton of movies growing up.

The thing about all good horror movies is that the fans expect a couple of inside jokes. Maybe I'm supposed to be saying how terrified I was while making it, but it was really fun.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.

Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil.

I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

I like four-hour movies.

I love doing big movies. It's awesome! You have all these toys. The thing I like about this movie is, like they always say, directors have the biggest train sets! Don't tell anyone, but I'd do this for free.

Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on.

The fact is, it's hard to release movies.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'

When I'm shooting a movie, I'm always in an invisible theater seat. I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.

From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.

I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.

I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it.

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.