“My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.” ThinkingMadeFilmPayAttentionRecordsTelevisionMachinesMy FavoritePay AttentionVisualsTapeSoundtracksAnswering Machines Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films.” ThinkingLooksCharacterFilmPayAttentionLook Up Author:Charlize Theron
“We can't tell particularly smart stories if we want to keep our audience big enough to pay for these big spectacle films that we want to do.” IfsWantEnoughStoriesBigsFilmPayAudienceSmart Author:Duncan Jones
“One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.” FilmValuesPayTelevisionParticularDrivingDroppingDvds Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“I like my films to have a certain amount of realism - something that's thought provoking and intelligently written. More than the amount on the pay cheque, I look for a level of respectability as an actor.” LooksFilmCertainActorsLevelsPayWrittenAmountThought ProvokingRealismProvokingRespectabilityCheques Author:Arjun Rampal
“It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him mainstream clout) would be interested in making this film. The lure of an exact remake presents a tremendous challenge. Unfortunately, it was undoubtedly a lot more stimulating for Van Sant and his crew to make Psycho than it is for an audience to watch it. Curiosity is going to be one of the primary reasons why people pay money to see this movie; boredom will be the predominant result.” PeopleHardReasonWould BeFilmChallengesResultsPayWatchesAudienceDirectorsPrimariesReason WhyBoredomAccomplishedHuntingMainstreamCrewVansGood WillLureRemakesPsychoCloutGusWill Hunting Author:James Berardinelli
“Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?” PeopleShouldHomeFilmActorsPayTelevisionMovieStay StrongStay PositiveStay At Home Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“There was a cinema called The Orient outside the community centre where we rehearsed in Six Ways, and whenever it showed a horror film the queue would go all the way down the street and around the corner. 'Isn't it strange how people will pay money to frighten themselves?' I remember Tony [Iommi] saying one day. 'Maybe we should stop doing blues and write scary music instead.'” PeopleWayShouldWritingRememberFilmCommunityPayStreetsStrangeHorrorOne DaySixCornersScaryCinemaCentreHorror FilmAround The CornerQueues Author:Ozzy Osbourne