Quotes About Movies

I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.

The point is movies can teach a lot without preaching.

There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.

The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' - I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

Everyone has embraced the family-friendly Disney approach, which is great. I see all of those movies, and I take my kids. But I grew up on 'Predator,' 'Alien,' and 'Terminator.' People forget, but those were R-rated movies. So 'Deadpool' put its money where its mouth is, and it changed the game.

'AVP' is not trying to be 'Alien' or 'Aliens,' and it's not trying to be 'Predator.' Those are genius movies.

I think if you're watching 'Dumb and Dumber,' I don't know whether you need to buy the Blu-ray of a comedy or something like that. But if you're watching 'Event Horizon,' 'Death Race,' 'Alien vs. Predator' I mean, I think these movies are definitely enhanced by the Blu-ray experience.

I watched 'Predator,' 'Predator 2,' and 'Predators.' I fell asleep during 'Predators,' but then I watched it again. Not because it was boring! Because I was 10!

One can't predict a film's success or failure.

I mostly get bored by comedies, action movies, science fiction movies - they are so predictable.

I always figured I would live long enough to see a black president. The movies predicted it. Usually, Morgan Freeman.

People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.

I prefer doing feature films.

I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'

I have been pregnant in so many movies it's ridiculous.

There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.

I've worked a lot. I don't like to watch myself. I don't go to the movies unless I have to go to the premiere.

Movies are made in the scriptwriting process and prepping and preparations for the shooting process.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

When I'm not preparing for a fight, I like to chill, go to the cinema and socialise with my mates.

I didn't get my hair cut for two movies, and it got a little long. I'm going back to a... not a crew cut. Back to, oh, about a Presbyterian length.

I thought of making a film with an animal. But many movies have already come with the same idea. On the other hand, what I have observed is, when children watch cartoon shows, they usually get excited with the presence of pigs or piglets in those shows.