Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. Use this quote
I never enjoyed working in a film. Use this quote
I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater. Use this quote
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent. Use this quote
When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people. Use this quote
I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre. Use this quote
I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about. Use this quote
I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds. Use this quote
I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them. Use this quote
I'm sure a bunch of 15-year-old kids would way rather I do 'Superbad 2' than 'Moneyball.' But I would love to do movies like 'Superbad' and movies like 'Moneyball.' Use this quote
A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Shooting this one was kind of like a two month party, we would literally play music between takes, and other movies that were shooting on our lot would play hookey, come over and hang out and stuff. We had a great time. Use this quote
I hadn't made a big-budget film, and in Hollywood there's a sort of man and boys situation. You're a man, you make $80 million movies! As if it's harder to make an $80 million movie. Well, I guess businesswise it is because you have more executives to argue with. Use this quote
I guess you just feel like there's a whole story that's not being told in movies. You're only seeing the macho guy version of a story that from the woman's side, may be completely different. Use this quote
I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films. Use this quote
I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites. Use this quote
I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. Use this quote
I'm very happy in France making movies. Use this quote
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it. Use this quote
