Random Quotes About Movies

"To transform into the hirsute Wolfman, actor Benicio Del Toro had to sit still two hours each day while makeup artists shaved him." Cracked.com.

:woot:. (Pretty good film actually. And Del Toro was a really good Lawrence Talbot.)
 
“With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can't possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. The script must be something that has the power to do this”

“Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied, ... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good."

“Japan does not understand very well that one of its proudest cultural achievements is in film,”

“I'll never work with you again!”

All from Akira Kurosawa
 
“With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can't possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. The script must be something that has the power to do this”

“Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied, ... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good."

“Japan does not understand very well that one of its proudest cultural achievements is in film,”

“I'll never work with you again!”

All from Akira Kurosawa
:up::word:.
Great quotes. Kurosawa was the man.

_ "A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again."
Jean Renoir.
 
_ "God's only excuse is that he does not exist." Stendhal.
Not really movies related, but I read this a few days ago and I liked it.

Also:

_ “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." Bruce Lee.
 
"Why do I need final cut? Final cut is for artistes quote unquote--directors whose movies don't make a lot of money. Maybe Scorsese should have final cut because a guy like Harvey Weinstein or a studio might change it to make it a little more accessible or a little more commercial and he has a vision of what he wants it to be. He wants it to be four hours long or whatever." - Brett Ratner:o
 
"When you make so much dribble, I guess you only talk dribble, too." Me, on Brett Ratner
 
"We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision. " Ed Wood.
 
"Nobody knows nothing."
--William goldman
 
^:up:

_ "I want to be able to make westerns like Akira Kurosawa makes westerns".
Sam Peckinpah.
 
"Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite!..."
-Unknown
 
_ "John Cazale was my acting partner". Al Pacino
 
"You've really been paying attention to my films." Akira Kurrosawa to John Ford on their first, and I believe, only meeting
 
"...you always feel like it's going to be the greatest, even if it's a, you know... piece of crap."
-Tim Burton

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."
-Alfred Hitchcock

"When people ask me if I went to film school, I say 'no, I went to films.'"
-Quentin Tarantino

"I'd rather entertain and hope that people learn, than teach and hope that people are entertained."
-Walt Disney
 
^ Good quotes.
I wonder which movie of his Burton was referring to?

_ "All right Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close up." Norma Desmond.
 
"Movie stars don't make good movies. Good movies make movie stars" - Can't remember.
 
"Movie stars don't make good movies. Good movies make movie stars" - Can't remember.

:up:


_ "Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write `War and Peace` in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling." Stanley Kubrick
 
_ "The Joker, so far, is definitely the most fun I`ve had with any character. He`s just out of control. No empathy, he's a sociopath, a psychotic, mass-murdering clown. And I`m just thoroughly enjoying it. It`s just exceeded any expectations I had of what the experience would be like."
Heath Ledger
 
Nice quote gwyn! I remember seeing that video interview back when the hype was going full-bore for TDK.

"Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms."
Alfred Hitchcock

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
Hitchcock

"The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them."
Hitchcock

"It'd be like what would happen if Hollywood took over porno: 'If we keep their clothes on and they didn't have sex, we'd be able to sell it to a lot more people'."
Rob Zombie
 
"Adults are only children grown up."

- Walt Disney

My sig too. I'm thinking it's going to be my senior quote.
 
Nice quote gwyn! I remember seeing that video interview back when the hype was going full-bore for TDK.

"Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms."
Alfred Hitchcock

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
Hitchcock

"The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them."
Hitchcock

"It'd be like what would happen if Hollywood took over porno: 'If we keep their clothes on and they didn't have sex, we'd be able to sell it to a lot more people'."
Rob Zombie

Same here. I actually watched that video over and over again beause it was pretty much the first time we saw Heath on video talking about the Joker. I read about him talking about it in articles and such, but seeing him actually talk about it was fantastic.
 
Same here. I actually watched that video over and over again beause it was pretty much the first time we saw Heath on video talking about the Joker. I read about him talking about it in articles and such, but seeing him actually talk about it was fantastic.

Being on the Hype during that time was great. Well, minus the trolls and fools who were getting banned left and right.

I can't wait to hear the casting announcement for the next one.
 
Being on the Hype during that time was great. Well, minus the trolls and fools who were getting banned left and right.

I can't wait to hear the casting announcement for the next one.
_ Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
_ Same here:woot:
 

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