“In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them.”
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“I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.”
“I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.”
“I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.”
“Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.”
“After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.”
“3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.”
“I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.”
“I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'”
“I like to hang out with my friends. I love music. I like to go to the movies. I like to eat. I like to cook.”
“I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama there's no device, It's just about a human being.”
“Movies make you immortal and ageless.”
“I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.”
“If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.”
“I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.”
“They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.”
“I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser.”
“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.”
“Now on Friday nights, if I want to go hang out with friends, I go hang out with friends. If I want to stay in and be in the hot tub and have people over to watch movies, I do that.”
“What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.”
“Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid.”
“I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.”
“I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable.”
“I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.”