“I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be made.” PeopleMadeFilmForgetGood Movie Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).” FeelsBeautifulFilmThreeSimpleInfluenceMinesDirectorsFeel GoodGood MovieDanishDarren Author:Chika Anadu
“I'm not a method guy. I can't be bothered to have a method. I just want to be a part of a good movie and I can't stand to be surrounded by morons.” WantI CanGuyMethodBotheredMoronGood Movie Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.” PeopleHappensMarketingOpeningReleaseRuthlessGood Movie Author:David Zucker
“Animation, for me, is a wonderful art form. I never understood why the studios wanted to stop making animation. Maybe they felt that the audiences around the world only wanted to watch computer animation. I didn't understand that, because I don't think ever in the history of cinema did the medium of a film make that film entertaining or not. What I've always felt is, what audiences like to watch are really good movies.” ThinkingWorldArtWantedFilmFormFeltWatchesAudienceWonderfulComputerUnderstoodStudiosMediumsAround The WorldCinemaEntertainingAnimationGood MovieReally Good MovieComputer Animation Author:John Lasseter
“There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was like that where people say "oh, you know, that sounds so..." and we'd always go back and get every man, every ellipses in there the way these guys write it. Because not only is it saying what Michael wants the character to say but the way they all speak kind of creates this tone because it's not exactly real.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantFeelsWritingKindLittlesRealCharacterBigsGuySpeakSoundEvery ManDialogueToneGood Movie Author:Jeff Bridges
“When I got the job I thought about her a lot. Not only was I getting a great job in a really good movie, but it was with Lindsay Lohan. She's so famous and I don't have any of that, I have never experienced that kind of intense scrutiny that she's under, so of course I wondered what it would be like acting opposite her. I can tell you that it's like being with The Beatles. You cannot fathom the kind of attention she gets. It's mind boogling.” MindKindI CanWould BeJobsCoursesActingAttentionOppositesIntenseScrutinyGood MovieGreat JobFathomReally Good Movie Author:Chris Pine
“I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist.” KnowsWantYearsArtistDiesActorsHonestMovieGood MovieReally Good Movie Author:Milla Jovovich
“Mainstream Hollywood makes a few good movies a year. And in order to be in one of those, you have to be one of five people. Hollywood makes many bad movies too, which I'm not interested in being a part of. But there are only a few good independent movies a year, and many, many bad ones. I want to be in good movies, and I want people to see them.” PeopleWantYearsOrderFiveHollywoodIndependentMainstreamNot InterestedGood MovieBad Movies Author:Maggie Gyllenhaal
“I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.” I CanSometimesDreamRememberCoupleWake UpSecondsFrustratingGood MovieReally Good Movie Author:Andy Warhol
“I think when you get all the money and all the freedom, rarely do you get a good movie out of it or a movie that you're proud of.” ThinkingProudGood Movie Author:Guillermo del Toro
“I am so delighted when I get to see a really good movie. In that experience the artifice of movie making, the photography or the cutting style, falls away because you are inside the movie.” FallCuttingStylePhotographyDelightedGood MovieArtificeMovie MakingReally Good Movie Author:Jay Cassidy
“If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.” IfsStillsIdeasSoundAudienceClearGood Movie Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“I feel like I turned down a lot of things that I wish I hadn't. But you never know when you're younger. I don't have regrets about certain things I turned down. Those films would have required things of me that would have been challenging, and they ended up being really good movies. But I was never a careerist, I never thought in those terms. I'd be like, "Oh, I'm tired. I don't want to work."” KnowsWantFeelsHas BeensFilmCertainWishTermChallengesRegretTiredBeing RealI'm TiredGood MovieTurned DownReally Good Movie Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“I just want to see a good movie. Fortunately, good movies come in all sorts of genres.” WantGenreGood Movie Author:Colin Cunningham
“I think if you make a good movie people walk away arguing.” PeopleIfsThinkingWalksArguingGood Movie Author:Angelina Jolie
“Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.” KnowsWantLongLastsAudienceSticksEmsEntertainersGood MovieHostageWanting More Author:Simon Kinberg
“I usually work with the director and it's just a collaboration between me and the one person. I think you make good movies that way. If the director and the composer can have this common goal and this excitement about making something great, then you're going to do something good.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsGoalCommonDirectorsExcitementCollaborationComposerGood MovieCommon Goal Author:Howard Shore
“Writing a good movie brings a writer about as much fame as steering a bicycle. It gets him, however, more jobs. If his movie is bad it will attract only critical tut-tut for him. The producer, director and stars are the geniuses who get the hosannas when it's a hit. Theirs are also the heads that are mounted on spears when it's a flop.” IfsWritingJobsStarsGeniusFameDirectorsCriticalProducersBicycleGood MovieSpearsSteering Author:Ben Hecht
“There's pressure to deliver as good of a movie with a little bit more of a budget, and that to me ... to me the hardest thing always is, I just want to deliver a good movie no matter what the budget is and no matter where we shoot it or any of those things.” WantLittlesMatterBitsLittle BitPressureNo Matter WhatHardestBudgetsHardest ThingGood Movie Author:Neal H. Moritz
“Whatever I do, I like making good movies because I like to watch good movies. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.” LongI CanCan DoWatchesGood Movie Author:Molly Quinn
“An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed.” MindLongGoneAwfulRecognitionDisappointedGood MovieBad Movies Author:Clint Eastwood
“The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.” WorldTwoWholeHoursHalfWhole WorldGood MovieReally Good Movie Author:Frank Spotnitz
“What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.” ShowsEnergyFunHopefullyGood Movie Author:LL Cool J
“In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.” MindFictionDistinctionDocumentariesGood Movie Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I think I would co-direct because I love actors and I've got a very good eye. I'm not a second-guesser. I don't think that I would be very happy, getting inundated by financial issues. I would love to co-direct with somebody because that would be a real freedom and an adventure, and then I could leave all the pain and misery to them. I'm not glib about it. I would take the responsibility to make a really good movie.” ThinkingRealWould BeEyePainActorsResponsibilityIssuesAdventureDirectMiseryVery GoodFinancialVery HappyGood MovieReal FreedomReally Good Movie Author:Lance Henriksen
“Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off of, and that script was very high up there. It was a very smart, tight script. There was a lot of improv, as well, once we got to the set, but a lot of the original script was also in there.” IfsGivingWellsJobsActorsHighestSmartOriginalsScriptsLeapPlatformsGood MovieVery Smart Author:Justin Theroux
“As long as I stay true to what I believe is a good movie and what is my vision, that's all I can do.” BelieveLongI CanI BelieveCan DoVisionGood MovieStay True Author:Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr.
“I worked in the mail room at CAA when I was in high school. I worked in the literary department, too. That was my after school job, believe it or not: I would read manuscripts and then evaluations on whether or not I thought they'd make good movies. Which was fascinating and kind of hilarious to me at the time.” BelieveKindSchoolJobsRoomsHigh SchoolDepartmentFascinatingMailManuscriptsGood MovieEvaluationAfter School Author:Matthew Specktor
“I just wanted to make a properly good movie, and not beg for the love of the fans.” WantedFansGood Movie Author:Louis Leterrier
“The only movies I saw till I was 17 were made by Disney. My parents had this thing. Disney was like, you know, "Ford is a good car. Disney makes good movies that are good for kids and safe."” KnowsMadeKidsParentSawsCarLike YouSafeGood Movie Author:Geena Davis
“I love hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach or just being a couch potato and binge watching TV shows or watching a good movie.” ShowsTvsBeachHanging OutJust BeingTv ShowsFamily And FriendsPotatoesCouchesGood MovieWatching TvBingeGoing To The BeachHanging Out With FriendsBinge Watching Author:Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer
“When you go to a movie, you don't care for one Oscar, really. Do you care if a guy got a Oscar on the shelf or is it a good movie? And, you don't care how much the movie made.” IfsMadeCareGuyDon't CareOscarsShelvesGood MovieDo You Care Author:Ice Cube
“A good movie is a movie that you could see over and over again, not a movie that wins a Oscar, or a movie that makes a lot of money. It's a movie that you personally can watch over and over again. That, to me, is a measure of a good movie.” WinningWatchesLots Of MoneyOscarsGood Movie Author:Ice Cube
“I got very spoiled. Everybody said you will never ever work on such a good movie, you know. I did, because I went on to work on Captain America, which also has a great director, which is Joe Johnston, one of my heroes who designed the old Star Wars movies.” KnowsSaidWarAmericaStarsHeroDirectorsCaptainsSpoiledMy HeroGood MovieWar MovieStar Wars Movie Author:Daniel Simon
“People want to leave their homes but they can't go on vacation as much as they used to. So, getting out of the house and seeing a good movie helps them to alleviate some of the pain that's going on in their life.” PeopleWantHelpingHomePainUsedHouseSeeingGoes OnVacationGood MovieAlleviate Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I look up to.” LooksMeanCharacterStoriesLook UpTelling StoriesGood Movie Author:Katie Holmes
“I was in a store in Halifax, Nova Scotia that I love, sort of like an environmental friendly sort of store. But they had a great book section. So I went in there all the time. The woman who worked there - which I feel so bad; I've forgotten her name - she handed me the book and she said, "Hey, you should read this. I think it would make a good movie." I remember reading the back of it and I was like, "Huh." Then I just devoured the book and I was so moved by it and said, "Why don't we start developing this into a film?" So that's how it ['Into the Forest'] all started.” ThinkingFeelsShouldSaidBookRememberFilmReadingNamesMovedEnvironmentalForgottenStoresForestsHeyDevelopingFriendlySectionsGood MovieGreat BookHey YouNova ScotiaNovasHalifax Author:Ellen Page
“You're not insulting my character. Being a woman, especially in this business, it's so thrilling to get to do that. It's so rare, especially right now the way the film industry is. If you're a girl, the part you get to play these days...because there's so many less movies made...in a good movie, if there's a girl in it, there might be a handful of scenes, and your job is to be supportive to the guy who's messed up. Be the loving rock at home, or be the good mom, or be the attractive person.” IfsWayPersonsMadePlayCharacterHomeMightJobsFilmGuyGirlRocksMomIndustryRight NowSceneThese DaysAttractiveSupportiveThrillingHandfulInsultingBeing A WomanGood MovieFilm IndustryMessed UpGood Mom Author:Keri Russell
“I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and because you’re under contract, we’d like to you to work. I said, well, that seems fair. But if it’s a really good movie, they were going to give it to a particular actor that was not under contract. The bottom line was they were going to pay you more if it was a bad one and pay you less if it was a good one.” IfsGivingWellsSaidEndsSeemsRememberActorsLinesPayParticularFairsMeetingsBottomContractsReignBottom LineGood MovieMgmReally Good Movie Author:George Hamilton
“I always believe you can't kill good movies, because somebody's in some room and will die unless it gets made.” BelieveMadeDiesRoomsAlways BelieveGood MovieBelieve You Can Author:James L. Brooks
“We met in an airport in Las Vegas, Harrison Ford and I, and he said, "I just finished a movie called 42. I play Branch Rickey. There's this kid in it playing Jackie Robinson. I think it's a pretty good movie."” ThinkingSaidPlayKidsMetsFinishedBranchesAirportsVegasLas VegasGood MovieJackie Author:Larry King
“If I had to go through a tunnel ten years without making any movies like Bunuel, I don't mind, as long as I did one good movie.” IfsYearsMindLongTenTunnelsGood Movie Author:Gaspar Noe
“It's all kind of just all of us coming together and all lending a hand on what we think will make it a good movie.” ThinkingKindHandsTogetherAll KindsGood MovieLendingComing Together Author:Boti Bliss
“I'm very pessimistic about that, no matter how hard we may try. The Chinese market is huge, but out of last year's $2 billion box office, $1.8 billion was taken in by foreign movies, and just $200 million by our own movies, no matter how much we have learned of their techniques, or their good practices. The Hollywood movies imported into China are all good movies; does the U.S. make lousy movies? Yes, too many lousy movies, but the imports are good films, so how can they not be box office hits? They're all hits.” TryingYearsMayDoeMatterHardLastsFilmPracticeMillionsTakenHugeOfficeHollywoodBoxesChinaTechniqueBillionsChineseLast YearPessimisticGood MovieImportsBox OfficeGood FilmsHollywood Movies Author:Jackie Chan
“One thing we haven't mentioned is something everyone should understand very clearly. Look at the budget that was invested in 'Avatar': who in China has that kind of money to spend on making a movie? So we as Chinese filmmakers should work together to make Chinese movies that can compete as best we can for Chinese audiences, not make lousy movies, but make the best we can for that audience. Concentrate the money, the talent we have on making good movies [for China].” ShouldLooksKindTogetherAudienceOne ThingTalentHavensChinaChineseBudgetsFilmmakerWorking TogetherGood Movie Author:Jackie Chan
“Actors do these really gross, gun-'em-down movies, and I always wonder why. They're not good movies. And it's like, "Why are you doing them? Aren't you rich enough?"” EnoughActorsWonderRichGunEmsGrossGood Movie Author:Winona Ryder
“Watching a really good movie excites me, because it makes we want to get up off the couch and go shoot something and act in a scene. And music excites me because it puts me in a mind state, whatever that may be.” WantMindMayStatesSceneGet UpCouchesGood MovieReally Good Movie Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan. But anything that's new, as long as it's good I enjoy it.” LongEnjoySawsFansRocksPunkPunk RockGood MovieNancySids Author:George Thorogood