Film Quotes - Page 33

• I'd prefer not to be the pretty thing in a film. It's such a bloody responsibility to look cute, because people know when you don't and they're like, They're trying to pass her off as the cute girl and she's looking like a bedraggled sack of potatoes.

  Minnie Driver

  Cute, Girl, Responsibility

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• There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word.

  Ben Kingsley

  Light, Profound, Film Set

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• Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse to come back and do it all over again.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Want, Resurgence, Impulse

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• I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

  John Malkovich

  Wise, Hate, Failing

  "Malkovich: I don't always play the bad guy". Interview with Rosie Tomkins, www.cnn.com. January 20, 2010.

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• I've done quite a few big American films.

  John Malkovich

  Done, Bigs, American Film

  "John Malkovich Discusses Secretariat". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. January 24, 2011.

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• Most films, it doesn't matter if you see them or not.

  John Malkovich

  Matter, Ifs

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• After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Fargo, everybody's going to think I'm from Minnesota, pregnant, and have blonde hair. I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.

  Frances McDormand

  Jobs, Believe, Character

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• Sex in the nineties is boring. The problem is that it has gone from an active act to a spectator sport. We watch people make love on television and in films. We call 900 numbers to hear what someone would do to us if they weren't sitting in a boiler room of other dirty talkers reading from a prepared script.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Sports, Sex

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• Most x-rated films are advertised as "adult entertaintment,"for "mature adults," when in reality they are juvenile entertainment for immature and insecure people.

  Zig Ziglar

  Insecure, Reality, People

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• Make use of radio, TV and films discriminatively; only for programs that will enhance our knowledge and culture. Television is tele-visham (tele-poison, in Malayalam). If we are not careful, it can corrupt our culture, damage our eyes and drain away our time.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Eye, Poison

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• I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports always seems to be a metaphor for life. Always, always, always.

  Dean Cain

  Sports, Guy, Fit

  "Dean Cain on his prolific TV movie career, including tonight's 'A Mile in His Shoes'". Interview with Christian Blauvelt, ew.com. September 25, 2011.

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• I'm a single father, I don't like to be away from my son. So I'll go out, make a film and come back. Repeat. And it's worked out very well for the last 11 years.

  Dean Cain

  Father, Son, Years

  "Dean Cain on his prolific TV movie career, including tonight's 'A Mile in His Shoes'". Interview with Christian Blauvelt, ew.com. September 25, 2011.

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• I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

  Marisa Tomei

  Paychecks, Stage

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.

  Marisa Tomei

  Night, People, Giving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.

  Marisa Tomei

  Jobs, Stars, Powerful

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like the sensibility of Australian film a lot and the crews are fantastic. Great characters, wonderful people and no line between - I think in Hollywood they have this line between actors and crew a lot, and that just didn't exist, which I really appreciated.

  Barbara Hershey

  Character, Thinking, People

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• I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.

  Barbara Hershey

  Thinking, Hands, Australia

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• To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

  Dennis Hopper

  Documentaries, Features, One Thing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films.

  Paul Auster

  Mean, Thinking, Life Is

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• Stanley Kubrick went with his gut feeling: he directed 'Dr. Strangelove' as a black comedy. The film is routinely described as a masterpiece.

  Tim Cahill

  Feelings, Black, Drs

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• But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.

  Ellen Barkin

  Issues, Intimacy, Stage

  "Ellen Barkin Talks “Another Happy Day”: 'I’ve been waiting for a part this good for my entire career.'" by Erica Abeel, www.indiewire.com. November 18, 2011.

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• I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage.

  Ellen Barkin

  Mother, Character, Thinking

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• Hollywood - it's either people who are unhappy or soon will be.

  Jonathan Ross

  People, Unhappy, Hollywood

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• Every year you work in Hollywood takes a year off your soul.

  Calista Flockhart

  Years, Soul, Hollywood

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• A dolly move is a moral commitment.

  Bernardo Bertolucci

  Moving, Commitment, Moral

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