Quotes About Movies

Japan is very much a TV-centered entertainment industry. So, when you talk about big stars in Japan, generally they are people who are on television. I work mostly in movies.

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.

Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.

It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work.

Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.

Kissing in the movies is a real art - figuring out where to put your heads so it looks good on camera. I have had other co-stars who couldn't work that out, which made it a lot harder for me.

I've always wanted to work with Hugh [Grant] because I loved his movies.

People come up to me on the street and say, 'Men at Work is the funniest movie I ever saw in my life'. But, you know, I do have to question how many movies these people have seen.

I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too much violence in the beginning, it gets to a point where you don't feel it.

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.

I do have a very chill - I can watch all my movies. A lot of people don't like to watch their work. I watch everything. All the time.

I just wanted to do hair in the movies and in Hollywood, and made it work.

I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of the profession.

I'm really very lucky. I get to do an awful lot. I've been able to make an incredibly wide range of movies and work with an incredible array of people.

I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.

It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.

I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.

I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.

movies have mirrored our moods and myths since the century began. They have taken on some of the work of religion.

My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.

I'm glad that my films have been consistently faring well rather than one stray Friday!

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us back on track.

I just got a Filmstruck account so I can watch all of those Criterion movies streaming. I've been nerding out about that.

I think streaming technology is definitely coming, and it's gonna make people's access to games infinitely easier. You've seen it happen to music and movies, and I think it's a great thing.