Famous Quotes: Movies

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.
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What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.
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I'd love to act more. I've had to turn down multiple movies because I was on tour, but it's encouraging to know that someday there might be the right role, the right timing. And I've been writing a lot of music, so hopefully very soon I'll have recorded a project of my own. I also want to get a boat and open a restaurant.
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All my movies are achingly personal.
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Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.
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I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one would ever consider me for a movie that took place south of Providence.
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If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
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My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.
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It's always uncomfortable for me when I take off my shirt. No one else is taking their shift off. Why is everyone else in these movies bundled up in layers of clothing and I'm taking my clothes off all the time?
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George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.
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If you look at anybody who's had along career, if you look at the choices they've made - even if the movies haven't worked - they've always worked with great filmmakers.
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I've seen a lot of movies get made where no one has control. No one likes it.
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I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that.
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I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling.
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Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.
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I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me, it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.
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So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.
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I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.
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I'm very happy in France making movies.
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Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life.
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