Movies Quotes

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

I consider myself the end user. I make movies that I would like.

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.

Everything I learned I learned from the movies.

Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

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

I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

This film cost 31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.