Movie Quotes - Page 14

• I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Clearing Out, Duration, Stuff

  "Tales of Hoffman" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2000.

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• South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang.

  Hortense Powdermaker

  Funny, Kissing, Sarcasm

  Hollywood, the Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers introduction (1950)

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• And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

  Nicolas Cage

  Fun, Thinking, Yesterday

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. November 17, 2004.

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• I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

  Clive Owen

  Fighting, Actors, Done

  Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

  Clive Owen

  Thinking, Important, Watches

  "Clive Owen Interview - SHOOT 'EM UP". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 6, 2007.

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• Films tend to argue in favor of whatever they show.

  Jennifer Stone

  Favors, Arguing, Film

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• movies have mirrored our moods and myths since the century began. They have taken on some of the work of religion.

  Jennifer Stone

  Taken, Mood, Century

  Jennifer Stone (1988). “Mind Over Media: Essays on Film and Television”

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• I loved The Wind in the Willows. ... Walt Disney should be sued for cheapening it as he did. Imagine it, Mickey Mousing all those nice characters. I'm surprised he didn't do it with the New Testament.

  Tasha Tudor

  Nice, Character, Wind

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• it's difficult in Hollywood to be allowed to try anything. It's all a terrible compromise. There is no time for art. All that matters is what they call box office.

  Greta Garbo

  Art, Office, Trying

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• 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.

  Clint Eastwood

  Winning, Awards, Actors

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• The best movies are simple.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Simple, Actors

  "Honest LaBeouf Says Transformers 3 Is The Greatest 3-D Film Ever". uproxx.com. June 24, 2011.

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• Everyone told me to pass on Speed because it was a 'bus movie.'

  Sandra Bullock

  Funny, Gambling, Actors

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• When I was very young, I was already a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew. When I got out of a movie with my sisters, I retold them the whole story. In general they liked my version better than the one they had seen.

  Pedro Almodovar

  Giving, Stories, Actors

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• I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

  Carter Burwell

  Thinking, Actors, Done

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• Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

  Sophia Bush

  Stars, Actors, Want

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• People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

  Amanda Bynes

  Winning, Who I Am, People

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

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• This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

  Pauline Kael

  Looks, Actors, Honest

  Pauline Kael (1989). “Hooked”, E P Dutton

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• I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.

  Michael Caine

  Thinking, People, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

  Michael Caine

  Thinking, Acting, Looks

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

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• The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'

  Michael Caine

  Stars, Differences, Scripts

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• I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

  Kim Cattrall

  Play, Vision, Actors

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• Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

  Jackie Chan

  Play, Guy, Actors

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• The movie business is a big gamble.

  Jackie Chan

  Actors, Bigs, Gamble

  "An Interview with Jackie Chan". Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. September 25, 2002.

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• My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride.

  Sandra Bullock

  Interesting, Actors, Firsts

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• Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

  Jeff Bridges

  People, Campaigns, Actors

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