“Then you have these people in the movie theaters that talk the whole time during the movie. You ever go with somebody like that to a movie but you don't realize until you get there that you're with somebody like that? Brand new movie. First day it's open. You're there together and the entire time they're sitting there: Where's she going? Why'd he do that? Is he mad at her? I don't know, let's watch and find out together shall we? You know who you are. You're denying it right now: I do not do that. Why is she saying that?. What's she gonna say next?” PeopleKnowsFirstsWholeTogetherNextRealizingWatchesRight NowSittingTheaterMadWho You AreBrandsBrand NewMovie Theater Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater.” ChildrenWantedActorsAnimalTheaterMovieMovie Theater Author:Michael Jackson
“I enjoy going back to work now because cinema is going through an exciting period because young people are now going back to the movie theaters. But things are different though.” PeopleDifferentYoungEnjoyPeriodsExcitingTheaterCinemaBack To WorkMovie TheaterGoing Back To Work Author:Joan Chen
“Does everybody have their WWJD bracelets on? 'Cause I was wearing my bracelet recently, and I was in the movie theater, and this guy's cell phone went off - don't you just hate that? Then he picked it up, 'Hey, how's it going? I'm in a movie.' And I'm like, 'Hey! Get off the phone!' And he's like, 'Mind your own business.' And I almost went crazy, but then I looked at my bracelet: what would Jesus do? So I lit him on fire and sent him to Hell.” MindDoeGuyReligionHateJesusCausesHellFireCrazyTheaterPhonesHeyCellsLitThis GuyCell PhoneOwn BusinessMind Your Own BusinessMovie TheaterBraceletMind Your Own Author:Daniel Tosh
“The Cuban public is hugely cinephile. It's a shame that most of the movie theaters are so deteriorated. The sense of spectacle has been lost a little, but even so, people continue to go.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensLostTheaterShameCubanMovie Theater Author:Fernando Perez
“I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.” PeopleTreatsTheaterPopsMovie Theater Author:Kevin Hart
“There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, 'Will you all just shut up!' And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, 'What are you doing?!' I was like, 'You better get up here! I don't play the fighting games.'” PlayGuyGirlFightingThreeGamesBehindsTalkingFrontsLike YouTheaterMadMovedGet UpShut UpIncidentsMy GirlMovie Theater Author:Kevin Hart
“I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.” PeopleBlackTheaterScreensUncomfortableBlack PeopleUnfoldingMovie Theater Author:Sidney Poitier
“In the neighborhood around Waseda, there were all these movie theaters, so every morning I left the house and watched movies instead of going to class. The experience of encountering films then is one of my greatest memories. Before that I'd never paid any attention to directors, but there I was taking a crash course in Ozu, Kurosawa, Naruse, Truffaut, Renoir, Fellini. Because I've always been naturally a more introspective person, I was more interested in becoming a screenwriter than a director.” PersonsFilmCoursesHouseLeftMemoriesAttentionClassMorningBecomingDirectorsPaidTheaterNeighborhoodEvery MorningCrashIntrospectiveScreenwritersMovie TheaterKurosawaRenoir Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“I love going to movie theaters, even in the era of movies on-demand and Netflix. When you are in a movie theater, no one can reach you by phone or other means.” MeanDemandTheaterPhonesErasMovie TheaterNetflix Author:Denise Duhamel
“There wasn't even a movie theater in the town. Nothing. Not even any fast food chains of any kind. Regardless, I knew that I was going to leave and become an actor, and be in film and television, and I've done it.” KindDoneFilmActorsTelevisionTheaterTownsChainsFast FoodMovie TheaterFood ChainFilm And Television Author:Kristen Hager
“Watching shows on Netflix is a different experience because most people are sitting there for three to five hours. Very few people even watch one episode. So it's not like a movie theater where you want to the movies to be shorter so you can go urinate. You can pause and urinate at home, and if something is longer, you're allowed to stop and eat breakfast and then watch eight more episodes.” PeopleIfsWantDifferentShowsHomeThreeHoursWatchesFiveSittingTheaterEightBreakfastEpisodesPausesMovie TheaterNetflixDifferent Experiences Author:Judd Apatow
“You pay to have a good time, you don't always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain't always the place for that.” WantPayTheaterGood TimesHaving A Good TimeSchooledMovie Theater Author:Ice Cube
“Sitting in the movie theater watching "Star Wars," I've never had an experience with any form of entertainment that was like that. It was almost spiritual. I couldn't believe that someone's mind created that. And, right, it felt like George Lucas had a piano that was playing my emotions, and he could go ahead and do whatever he wanted and make me lean forward if he wanted, or he could make me go oh, or he could make me hide my face.” IfsMindBelieveWarWantedFacesSpiritualFormStarsFeltEmotionSittingTheaterEntertainmentPianoMovie Theater Author:Will Smith
“I don't want to play a laptop live if I'm just going to sit there, so it's also a problem of working at my movie theater job long enough to get money to get better equipment.” IfsWantLongEnoughPlayProblemJobsTheaterGet BetterEquipmentLaptopsGet MoneyMovie Theater Author:Kyle Parker
“When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.” PeopleHeartMayWalksLordWatchesMessagesTheaterRingsBagsDeceivingPopcornMovie Theater Author:LeCrae
“Who are the executives, and what are the stories that are being released? Not just in movie theaters but online. When you watch Master of None, you're like, yes, this is real life to me. These are refreshing types of stories.” RealStoriesWatchesMastersTypeTheaterReal LifeOnlineExecutivesRefreshingMovie Theater Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I want my movies to play in movie theaters. While festivals can fulfill a part of that, there's nothing like getting a week-long run for your movie. It's becoming increasingly difficult to get that.” WantLongPlayRunningDifficultWeekBecomingTheaterLong RunsFestivalsMovie Theater Author:Robert Greene
“Movie theaters barely make any money. A movie can make a couple of thousand dollars, or could get lucky and make ten or fifteen thousand dollars, but theatrical releases don't really sustain the work. For me, it's the best sort of advertisement for anything else you'd want to do.” WantCoupleThousandLuckyTenTheaterDollarsReleaseFifteenTheatricalAdvertisementsMovie Theater Author:Robert Greene
“Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs.” FeelsSchoolChurchSafeTheaterMovie TheaterNightclubs Author:Jackie Speier
“I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me.” SaidBookPlayNamesPerfectSawsPaperTheaterLocalsAuditionsNestsFlewEscapingMovie TheaterCuckoosOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Author:Ed O'Neill
“I think anybody who was ever saddened by a movie theater closing would be able to understand this film [Aquarius].” ThinkingWould BeAbleFilmTheaterClosingMovie TheaterSaddenedAquarius Author:Sonia Braga
“The ruins of classic movie theaters are a personal obsession of mine, and I've made a couple of documentaries about it.” MadeMinesCoupleTheaterObsessionRuinsClassicDocumentariesMovie TheaterClassic Movie Author:Sonia Braga
“I think the film [Aquarius] comes from that original feeling I had 18 years ago, when I was in a São Paulo supermarket. I was in line to pay for something, and when I looked up, I saw the little windows of a projection booth. That's when I realized the supermarket used to be a movie theater. They didn't even bother to change the walls. Years ago, "The Sound of Music" could've been playing in that space.” ThinkingYearsLittlesFeelingsFilmUsedSoundLinesSpacePaySawsWallYears AgoWindowTheaterOriginalsI RealizedUsed To BeBotherProjectionSupermarketsMovie TheaterSound Of MusicAquarius Author:Sonia Braga
“It's something I want to do going forward - make a movie that is commercial and universal and will play in any movie theater or living room in the States or the UK, but is definitively Canadian. I don't think there's such a thing as prohibitively Canadian.” ThinkingWantStatesPlayRoomsUniversalTheaterLiving RoomMovie Theater Author:Jay Baruchel
“I'm very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It's very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies.” WantBeautifulUsedWatchesBedTheaterBikeMovie TheaterWatch MovieBathtubsVery Romantic Author:Winona Ryder
“A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my mind.” MindStillsTheaterClosingOf My MindMovie TheaterReally SadOld MovieClosing Down Author:Winona Ryder
“The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world.” PeopleWorldWantDifferentRealityWalksWorstPerspectiveComputerTheaterThings To DoWorst ThingsAnimatedDifferent WorldsMovie Theater Author:Genndy Tartakovsky
“This massacre in Orlando is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house of worship or a movie theater or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that's the kind of country we want to be. And to actively do nothing is a decision, as well.” PeopleKindCountrySchoolHouseEasyDecisionWorshipMovie Theater Author:Barack Obama
“Everybody's been decrying the death of movie theaters for decades and, you know, people are still going to the movies in droves. It's gone down, but it hasn't gone down that much. I think the biggest change has been the emergence of cable and streaming on television. That has really had a dramatic effect, and I think it's a positive one. I think there's really good work going on there, and as movies stratify to being these gigantic tentpole movies, and small movies, I think it gives another outlet for character-driven material.” PeopleThinkingGivingDramaticGood WorkStreamingMovie Theater Author:Denise Di Novi
“Anyone can do shock value. Develop enough tension and cue the music right, then have something jump out: It's almost impossible not to jump in your seat. But that doesn't leave any effect on you when you leave the movie theater. To me, the best horror is psychological horror. The Exorcist, The Shining, The Omen, things that kind of stick with you long after you've seen them. It's what you don't see. It's letting the audience think a little bit, not spelling it out for them. Giving them credit for using their own imaginations rather than sticking in gags and tricks.” ThinkingGivingKindLongEnoughValuesImaginationAudienceImpossibleHorrorShiningPsychologicalTensionMovie TheaterOmenExorcist Author:Daniel Myrick
“New media has made it possible for filmmakers like me to get their message out. No big Hollywood studios are needed anymore to make and release a film. More and more people are watching movies and television online than going to the movie theater because of costs. This freedom gives me the opportunity to create the film I want to be seen and heard.” PeopleGivingFilmOpportunityFilmmakerOnlineMovie TheaterNew Media Author:Robert Greenwald
“I've always spent a lot of time in movie theaters, kind of absorbing anything I can. I just love sitting in the dark, and watching the flickering image up there. Just sitting in a movie theater alone is inspiring to me. It takes a pretty bad movie to drain the magic out of that - but Lord knows, those movies exist.” KindDarkLordMagicMovie Theater Author:Andrew Bujalski
“It's why I fell in love with movies. You can sit in a movie theater and be transported to a place that you never get to go and be a person who you never in your life would get to be and feel something and have empathy for people and see things from another point of view.” PeopleEmpathyPoint Of ViewMovie Theater Author:Cherien Dabis
“I'm either at the movie theater, or I'm at home cooking - well, not really cooking because I don't cook, I usually have friends over who can cook, and they do the cooking. I'm sort of a homebody, even though I love going out to dinner and I love going to the movies. Those are my favorite things to do on a night off.” HomeNightCookingMy FavoriteMovie Theater Author:Kate Mara
“The only lie I really remember from my adolescence was when I was in sixth grade and I was dropped off with a couple of friends at the movie theater to go see a movie, I can't remember which one it was, and we went to go see this movie instead that was rated R. That was sort of a defining moment, that was probably the first time I had ever lied to my parents about something.” MomentsRememberLyingParentCoupleFirst TimeAdolescenceLiedMovie Theater Author:Dan Byrd
“I don't think that people are necessarily going to films simply because they were adapted from comics, though I could be wrong. Comics aren't really misunderstood either, they've just been mostly silly for the past century, and those genre-centered stories have found their way into the movie theaters over the past couple of decades because a generation who grew up reading them has, well, grown up.” PeopleThinkingPastFilmReadingCoupleSillyMisunderstoodOver The PastMovie Theater Author:Chris Ware
“Ever since I was a child, I always had insecurity or suspicions about my own personal identity. That's why I started going to a lot of movie theaters, because I felt more comfortable there than at school. Now, the search for a personal identity is becoming a common topic for young Japanese people, and it's a big theme in their own lives. But it's been a theme in my life, as well, ever since I was young.” PeopleChildrenSchoolCommonIdentityInsecuritySuspicionMovie Theater Author:Mamoru Oshii
“When something is discovered by people in movie theaters, it's discovered by people who are all together, and there's a sort of feeling of an event about it. And when it's on video, it's like something is being discovered in the library or something. It's like having a second life in public libraries. It's just like individuals, and it's less of a... We can't participate in it the same way.” PeopleFeelingsTogetherIndividualLibraryPublic LibraryMovie Theater Author:Wes Anderson
“Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.” PeopleNightGamesFootballTvsTheaterSaturdayStadiumsSaturday NightFootball GameMovie LoveMovie TheaterAttendance Author:George Lucas
“The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.” PeopleImportantOrderPrinciplesTheaterAwardsMovie Theater Author:Javier Bardem
“The movie theater is never going away. If that was a case why are there still restaurants? People still have kitchens in their home!” PeopleIfsStillsHomeCasesTheaterKitchenRestaurantsGoing AwayMovie Theater Author:Michael Moore
“There's only one movie theater in the entire city of Detroit. The entire city has one open movie theater, and it is in the - it is in the General Motors headquarters complex.” CitiesTheaterComplexesMotorDetroitMovie TheaterHeadquartersGeneral Motors Author:Michael Moore
“I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.” PlaySchoolFormTheaterSubtleSatireMovie Theater Author:Nile Rodgers
“For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.” PeopleFeelsActorsTheaterValuableMovieMovie Theater Author:Will Smith
“I love to go to a regular movie theater, especially when the movie is a big crowd-pleaser. It's much better watching a movie with 500 people making noise than with just a dozen.” PeopleBigsTheaterCrowdsNoiseDozenMovie TheaterPleasersCrowd Pleasers Author:Steven Spielberg
“When I am lonely for boys it’s their bodies I miss. I study their hands lifting the cigarettes in the darkness of the movie theaters, the slope of a shoulder, the angle of a hip. Looking at them sideways, I examine them in different lights. My love for them is visual: that is the part of them I would like to possess. Don’t move, I think. Stay like that, let me have that.” ThinkingDifferentBodyHandsLightMovingBoysDarknessStudyMissingLonelyLet MeTheaterShouldersHipsVisualsCigaretteAngleLiftingSlopesSidewaysMovie TheaterI Am Lonely Author:Margaret Atwood
“My instinct was always have your gun in your hand. Especially when you are telling somebody to do something. But, in fact, the police academy discourages this. They feel your gun should rarely, if ever, be brought out of its holster. Most certainly not when children are involved, which is exactly when I saw myself using my gun most often. A truant teenager loitering outside a movie theater is going to be far more motivated to return to school when he has the barrel of a .45 pressed against his cheek.” IfsFeelsShouldChildrenFactsHandsSchoolSawsReturnInvolvedGunTheaterPoliceInstinctTeenagerMotivatedCheeksAcademyDiscouragingBarrelsMovie TheaterPolice Academy Author:Augusten Burroughs
“I've found out that money is the most important thing in the world and, as God is my witness, I don't ever intend to be without it again. I'll never be hungry again.” FilmGoneWindHungryWitnessClassicMovieHelloInstituteGreat AmericanMovie TheaterAmerican MovieAmerican FilmGreat YearInstitutesGreatest MovieScarlett O HaraClassic FilmsQuoting MoviesIconic MovieQuotable MovieYears Gone By Author:Margaret Mitchell
“I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies.” KnowsWould BeSawsTheaterMovie TheaterNeighbourhoods Author:Tim Burton