Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

The words Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what makes us despair when we begin to understand how seldom movies are more than this.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

The simplest single-celled organism oscillates to a number of different frequencies, at the atomic, molecular, sub-cellular, and cellular levels. Microscopic movies of these organisms are striking for the ceaseless, rhythmic pulsation that is revealed. In an organism as complex as a human being, the frequencies of oscillation and the interactions between those frequencies are multitudinous.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards, and aims of the urban masses. In one way or another, everyone is equal before these cultural machines; like technology itself, the mass media are nearly universal in their incidence and appeal. They are a kind of common denominator, a kind of scheme for pre-scheduled, mass emotions.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving that modern art is meaningless. They have put into practice the notion that a bad art work cleverly interpreted according to some obscure Method is more rewarding than a masterpiece wrapped in silence.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

Narrator: Oh, yeah, Chloe... Chloe looked the way Meryl Streep's skeleton would look if you made it smile and walk around the party being extra nice to everybody.
Chloe: Well, I'm still here. But I don't know for how long. That's as much certainty as anyone can give me. But I've got some good news: I no longer have any fear of death. But... I am in a pretty lonely place. No-one will have sex with me. I'm so close to the end and all I want is to get laid for the last time. I have pornographic movies in my apartment, and lubricants, and amyl nitrate...
[the group leader takes the mic]
Group Leader: Thank you, Chloe... everyone, let's thank Chloe.More [09/07/2005 12:09:00]

Karen Collier: You know how in horror movies the door is swinging back and forth from one hinge in front of a dark room, and some stupid moron is walking up to it, just gonna go in, and you think to yourself, 'Why is she doing that? Why is she going in there? What could possible make her go into that room? Doesn't she know better?'
Donald: Yeah.
Karen Collier: [looks over at her house] Don't let me go in there, please.More [10/28/2005 12:10:00]

Steve: Why did Steve go to the movies with you? Well, first of all, Steve likes the movies. Steve had the night off. Steve said, 'Hey, a movie sounds good,' plus he got an invitation.
Mary: Why is Steve referring to himself in the third person?
Steve: What are you talking about?More [12/17/2005 12:12:00]

I like to go to the movies or read.More [12/11/2005 12:12:00]

I left Law and Order because I really honestly did want to do movies and did want to be a movie star since I was a little girl.More [12/25/2005 12:12:00]

I don't want to be famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.More [03/30/2006 12:03:00]

I think people go to movies and they know too much about the movie before they go into it, whether it's the advertising or they're reading too many stories about it. And they know all the essential elements of the film before they even go into it. And I think that sabotages a thriller.More [04/06/2006 12:04:00]

I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance.More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em.More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and eventually, if you have a certain sensibility, some of your movies will hit and some just won't.”More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

I think my first and foremost advice is to have a very realistic understanding of what making movies is; how much work it is, how unglamorous it is, how much tenacity you have to have.More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

And it really doesn't matter if you want to make mainstream movies - I think; make the movies you want to make.More [04/07/2006 12:04:00]

I want to be like Tom Cruise from The Outsiders and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.More [04/10/2006 12:04:00]

I kinda see my current position like this: 'Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before Chuck Woolery rings the bell.More [04/11/2006 12:04:00]

I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.More [04/11/2006 12:04:00]

There were some pretty scary movies back then, which now seem not as scary to some people, but Psycho, as a kid, was just terrifying.More [04/11/2006 12:04:00]

Compared to the movies of today it's kind of hard to say but there was such an innocence to Krush Groove because it was near the birth of rap. Rap had been around in the current popular culture form only seven years at the time.More [04/11/2006 12:04:00]

I'd seen him in a lot of the other movies that he had done, like "Scream," "Bait" and "Three Kings" and I saw his series. I said, "I love this guy. This guy's great." Then I had another idea for a different movie.More [04/11/2006 12:04:00]

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.More [04/18/2006 12:04:00]

Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them.More [04/19/2006 12:04:00]

I want to do movies that mean something, that make people laugh and cry -- great movies, period-piece movies -- and work with the best people out there, who bring the best out of me.More [04/20/2006 12:04:00]

[LOS ANGELES -] I'm in the movies that they dump, ... Last year we came out on the worst date, with 'Paparazzi.' This year, we're like a week away from the worst date. We'll see. What can you do?More [04/21/2006 12:04:00]

People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't.More [04/24/2006 12:04:00]

I have done about 15 movies so far and am on my 5th season on That '70s Show.More [04/26/2006 12:04:00]

I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward.More [04/26/2006 12:04:00]

I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. I want to do movies that I want to talk about, that I'm proud of, but I also want to make a living.More [05/01/2006 12:05:00]

I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story. My favorite sports movies transcend the sports that they are about.More [05/02/2006 12:05:00]

I think it's time to do clean-up for a generation. I believe this is one of the movies that hits home for all colors and all races. Everybody I talk to, black or white, suburban, rich or poor, can relate to rejection, can relate to not having a father or a mother.More [05/03/2006 12:05:00]

I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.More [05/04/2006 12:05:00]

“I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.More [05/06/2006 12:05:00]

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.More [05/06/2006 12:05:00]

There's the art house movies and the action movies and the chick films. I think the same thing's happening with actors.More [05/06/2006 12:05:00]

I've been in over 100 movies and three TV series and I think anybody who's heard of me probably knows what I look like.More [05/08/2006 12:05:00]

I've done some really bad movies that I didn't care for.More [05/08/2006 12:05:00]

To see it as a game is dope. You know they've got all these other games, and they finally gave a little respect to one of the classic movies in American history.More [05/12/2006 12:05:00]

I'm like, 'What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?More [05/15/2006 12:05:00]

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.More [05/18/2006 12:05:00]

Fame, celebrity - it's not such a big deal in Europe. People seem to understand that you just have a weird job. They're not running after you, trying to carve chunks out of you. It's strange in the states. Most fans here are great, but there's a handful who have seen the movies and feel they know you. They think it's alright to touch you and ask personal questions.More [05/19/2006 12:05:00]

He's a true original in a business that doesn't put much stock in originality. And he doesn't compromise. That's what makes his movies so good. That's what makes him someone that you'll drop everything to work with.More [05/19/2006 12:05:00]

I make movies for money, exclusively for money.More [05/22/2006 12:05:00]

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.More [05/22/2006 12:05:00]

I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.More [05/22/2006 12:05:00]

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.More [05/24/2006 12:05:00]

I want to do good work, whether that's in the studio system or indie. Pretty soon people will be putting their own movies online. I just want to roll with the wave and do good work.More [05/24/2006 12:05:00]

I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.More [05/24/2006 12:05:00]

With my goal to make a family drama and also my artistic aspirations of doing things which are a bit edgy, I've gotten a really happy marriage in 'The Weather Man', ... Gore went outside the box and did something personal and artistic, but at the same time it hits all the right notes in terms of children that may be going through a divorce, or a husband and wife dealing with it in a way that's not Pollyanna or saccharine or B.S. I haven't made that many movies like it. I know I've never made a movie as individual as 'The Weather Man' in dealing with family issues.More [05/25/2006 12:05:00]

When I received the script for 'The Weather Man,' I thought, 'Oh well, here's a parallel.' Sometimes I choose movies that help me do something positive with a negative emotion. And 'The Weather Man' was an opportunity to take this well of feeling that I had and just funnel it.More [05/25/2006 12:05:00]