All movies assault the viewer in one way or another. – Michael Haneke
Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life. – Jane Seymour
I really love the independent movies and I just think that sometimes when they throw a lot of money into it and a lot of special effects and a lot of stunts that you lose the connection, the human connection and I personally love movies that are about the human connection. – Jane Seymour
The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that. – Lawrence Kasdan
I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist – those were big movies for me. They were just brilliantly done, and unusual, and they all took horror to some new place. – Lawrence Kasdan
For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero. – Michelle Williams
Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground. – Alexander Payne
I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular. – Alexander Payne
I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies. – Kristen Wiig
I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I love those kinds of movies. – Kristen Wiig
I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view. – Tim Robbins
I like high impact movies. – Kathryn Bigelow
I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them. – Fiona Shaw
I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies. – Jennifer Hudson
I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. – Lee Child
One of the reasons why people – particularly young people – love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice. – Steven Seagal
I want to make movies about my country from my point of view. – Tommy Lee Jones
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release. – Quincy Jones
Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible. – Seth Rogen
Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen. – Robert Rodriguez
