Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.

Damien Chazelle

Certainly, I've loved musicals for a while, so I did some short films in college that had musical numbers and things like that, so I've kind of been obsessed with Fred and Ginger and Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donen and Jaques Demy forever.

J. C. Chandor

I'm a huge fan of the films of the '70s and even into the '80s, Sidney Lumet, all those films that used what was going on in people's lives as drama. And not only are you entertained, but hopefully have a greater understanding of your world coming out of it.

I make films on subjects which I feel strongly about.

John Abraham

I make films from the heart. I want to concentrate on the job of doing great and honest performances, and I'm gonna get better with every performance of mine, with every film of mine.

Mark Gatiss

'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

(Monday), we watched films of a recent Greenwood game, and they really struggled from three-point range. They only made 30 percent of their shots, and they had trouble handling the ball.

Frank in a way was kind of like a walking Texas Film Commission. So many of those films would never have been done here if not for Frank.

Fundamentally, I think people feel that a lot of Hollywood films are retreads. People have a thirst for what's new, and documentaries feel fresh to them.

Michael Gambon

I have been in five Harry Potter films and never read a 'Harry Potter' book. If you are an actor, all you have is the script you are given. If you read the book, you might get disappointed about what's been left out.

Domhnall Gleeson

I did like 'Star Wars' when I was a kid. I saw the prequels first; I didn't see the full original films first all the way through.

Jake Busey

I don't have a favorite role because there's been so many films that I've done that I've really enjoyed.

Alexandra Cassavetes

I don't know about relationships. Maybe I'm supposed to travel and make films and meet people and have adventures instead.

Jim Jarmusch

I didn't go to classes there, but ended up at the Cinematheque, and there it opened up even wider because there I saw a variety of films from all over the world.

I don't do as many films as I used to because I am more involved in the process.

Vince McMahon

I don't know of any performer that's worked for MGM or any other major studios who thinks he has, in some way, some right to ownership of films he's done.

Harmony Korine

I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone you never got to hear speak in films would never not speak in real life.

Gurinder Chadha

I can't stand films where parents are portrayed as old and doddery, and ignore their kids.

Bindi Irwin

I'm so lucky because I get to have all of these memories. I can have all of those pictures and different sorts of films and stuff. Some people have only one photo, and I'm really glad that I have all of that.

Sean Connery

Everyone talks about how they knew the Bond films were going to be a success, but it simply isn't true.

George Wendt

I get called to do a lot of labors of love... independent films on very small budgets. If I have the time and if the project speaks to me, it's better than sitting around, right?

Ben Mendelsohn

One of my earlier films is 'Quigley Down Under.' That was early on in my career, and that was horsey.

Christopher Lee

I have made a lot of movies, but I don't see any point in talking about films I don't think are terribly good. I have been in a few. I don't know any actor that hasn't.

Christopher Lee

I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful.

Christopher Lee

I knew Vincent Price from films - he was a big movie star - but the first time I met him was when we filmed 'The Oblong Box.'

Ornella Muti

I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.

Oskar Werner

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.

Rachel Weisz

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.

Richard King

I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently.

Kevin Whately

People are very appreciative, and I'm always thrilled at how long the 'Morse' films have lasted. They seem to have an afterlife that goes on and on for decades, which is touching.

Fernando Meirelles

I think, in the next two or three years, we are going to see a lot of films set in Africa, or about Africa,

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like 'Hulk' and 'The Punishers.'

Martin Freeman

There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.