Bourne Identity Quotes

• Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.

  Matt Damon

  Years, Identity, Bourne

  "Matt and Ben: Hollywood's Unhappy Ending?", www.foxnews.com. July 23, 2004.

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• I have two dream roles: One would be a biopic of someone I admire and respect and the other one would be some sort of action drama film similar to a 'Bourne Identity.' I just really want to do an intelligent action drama film.

  Michael Ealy

  Dream, Drama, Intelligent

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• Men and women walked casually about as they did on the main floor, every now and then stopping one another, exchanging pleasantries or scraps of relevantly irrelevant information. Gossip.

  Robert Ludlum

  Men, Gossip, Information

  Robert Ludlum (2013). “The Jason Bourne Series 3-Book Bundle: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum”, p.237, Bantam

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• The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still.

  Robert Ludlum

  Lying, Simplicity, Fundamentals

  Robert Ludlum (2013). “The Jason Bourne Series 3-Book Bundle: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum”, p.465, Bantam

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• I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I'm a skilled, resourceful... vegetable!

  Robert Ludlum

  Vegetables, Resourceful

  Robert Ludlum (2012). “The Bourne Identity: Jason Bourne Book #1”, p.110, Bantam

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• I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?

  Robert Ludlum

  Life, Mean, Trying

  Robert Ludlum (2012). “The Bourne Identity: Jason Bourne Book #1”, p.598, Bantam

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• I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna­ - the one you saw - we were doing right after Bourne Identity or right after it came out.

  Julia Stiles

  Identity, Bills, Saws

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2016.

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• I was originally set to star in 'The Bourne Identity,' but I found it too difficult to even pretend to forget who I was.

  Zach Braff

  Stars, Identity, Forget

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• When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

  Doug Liman

  Phones, Identity, Shooting

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. November 3, 2010.

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• That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.

  Doug Liman

  Paris, Sneaking Around, Style

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• I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and ultimately the impact of that film was that it changed the 'James Bond' franchise.

  Doug Liman

  Careers, Impact, Identity

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• I have two little kids and I enjoy watching movies with them, and I can't watch every movie with them. Sometimes it's because it's obviously not appropriate to watch The Bourne Identity with your kids, but a lot of times it's because it's torture to watch the movies that they want to watch, as a parent.

  Rob Letterman

  Kids, Two, Parent

  Source: collider.com

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• Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Men, Skills

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