I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did ‘Reno 911!’ for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the ‘Star Trek’ thing. – Scott Aukerman
I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success. – Todd McFarlane
Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies. – Sydney Pollack
I used to watch a lot of musicals as a kid. Musical movies, not so much musical theater. – Samuel Larsen
I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms. – Sarah Vowell
I wouldn’t not want to be a director and write as I wouldn’t not to want to be a writer and direct movies. – Walter Hill
When I was a teenager, you wanted to go to the movies. Go and see ‘Mean Streets,’ go and see ‘The Conversation,’ go and see ‘Taxi Driver.’ – Tom Sizemore
I’ve never had a movie that got great reviews. I’ve had movies that got different levels of good and bad reviews, but you can more or less count on plenty of bad reviews. – Wes Anderson
I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me. – Willem Dafoe
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. – Tippi Hedren
I’m actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can’t watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime! – Taissa Farmiga
Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That’s always the main reason. – Stephen Chow
I started watching movies my grandpa did, and I saw what an impact they made on the world. That’s when I said, ‘Hey, I want to do that too.’ – Steven R. McQueen
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they’re different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they’re all the same, really. – Spike Jonze
I love film and I love sitcoms, and I was one of those kids that would just go to the movies on the weekend and spend my whole weekend watching all of the movies. – Terrence J
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays. – Zoe Kazan
Computers were never designed in the first place to become musical instruments. Within a computer, everything is sterile – there’s no sound, there’s no air. It’s totally code. Like with computer-generated effects in movies, you can create wonders. But it’s really hard to create emotion. – Thomas Bangalter
Because of how much movies cost, it’s dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original. – Steven Spielberg
I have a tendency to think that when you portray baddies in movies, they come out more human than good guys. – Vincent Cassel
It’s kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over again. It’s also true that the times dictate what kind of movies get made and what kind are not. So I’m always looking for something that’s a little fresh and something that I haven’t seen before. – Thomas Jane
There are a lot of movies I’ve done that come and go, and don’t really establish a growing fan base. – Seann William Scott
I’m interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them, and what they like and what they don’t like – and what they take away from it. What leaves an impression, you know? – Thomas Jane
I don’t like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it’s too real and unpleasant for me. – Sam Raimi