You cant work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting. – John Malkovich
I like to direct movies, but I dont like to goof around for eight years talking about it. – John Malkovich
You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess Ive done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but theres a lot of work that goes into it. – Harry Connick, Jr.
Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. Hes very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and hes been very successful. – Francis Ford Coppola
Ive been offered lots of movies. Theres always some actor whos doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that. Id like to do something only I can do. – Francis Ford Coppola
People feel the worst film I made was Jack. But to this day, when I get checks from old movies Ive made, Jack is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams. – Francis Ford Coppola
Im not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus. – David Bailey
Its not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but Ive never quite believed actors when they say they dont watch themselves. – Kristen Stewart
Very often when I go in to meet for movies or pilots, Im put on videotape. I hate the notion that that tape is going to sit on a shelf and never get better. – David Ogden Stiers
I love movies that make me cry, because theyre tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that? – John Lasseter
Its like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. Theyre scared, but theyre not going to get hurt. – Vincent DOnofrio
I wouldnt like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do. – Stevie Nicks
My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I dont have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really dont pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think. – Adam Sandler
Im not looking to get away from anything. I like what Ive done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible. – Adam Sandler
Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured Id make one that I cant get yelled at for. – Adam Sandler
I dont know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I dont know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruises movies because theyre on a kind of fantastic level. – Kim Cattrall
Movies are movies, and I dont think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense. – Richard Pryor
I love these movies where its just about the film. You dont have my face on the poster. Its all about the movie. I like that. – John Cusack
The movies have got more corporate, theyre making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen. – John Cusack
I dont want to produce anymore small or independent movies because its just too hard these days. – John Cusack
