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  • M. Night Shyamalan on movies

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    “The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.” -M. Night Shyamalan

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  • Patrick Wilson on movies

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    “With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.” -Patrick Wilson

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  • Naomi Watts on movies

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    “If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I’ll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.” -Naomi Watts

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  • Jodie Foster on movies

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    “The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don’t know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.” -Jodie Foster

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  • Dario Argento on movies

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    “Maybe when I stop making movies, I’ll understand my work better.” -Dario Argento

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  • Minnie Driver on movies

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    “In some movies you feel like you’re a very small part of a huge machine. Whereas in the theater you can have a very small part, but you can still feel the weight and the gravity of it. Given the nature of theater, it’s a more concentrated and quiet experience.” -Minnie Driver

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  • Frank Miller on movies

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    “I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a bunch of crime stories but everybody just wanted men in tights.” -Frank Miller

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  • Niklas Zennstrom on movies

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    “And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.” -Niklas Zennstrom

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  • Carrie-Anne Moss on movies

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    “I’ve never been interested in action movies. Definitely not interested in sci-fi.” -Carrie-Anne Moss

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  • Zach Braff on movies

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    “In theater or movies you see either ‘I’m religious’ or ‘I’m an atheist.’ I’ve never seen too much discussion of ‘I believe there’s a higher power but I’m hesitant to reach out to him because I don’t know if I’m worthy of his attention.’” -Zach Braff

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  • Adam Duritz on movies

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    “If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.” -Adam Duritz

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  • Trent Reznor on movies

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    “I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you’re bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.”

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  • Corey Feldman on movies

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    “I’m a big kid, I’m a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner Bros film ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ – not the remake, but the original. It’s still one of the best movies, hands down, ever made, and of course that goes back to

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  • Peter Mullan on movies

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    “Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that’s what they are – they would not hesitate to act illegally to achieve profit and gain.” -Peter Mullan

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  • Giancarlo Esposito on movies

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    “Luis Bunuel made great movies.” -Giancarlo Esposito

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  • Don DeLillo on movies

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    “I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.” -Don DeLillo

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  • Jet Li on movies

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    “I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.” -Jet Li

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  • Oliver Stone on movies

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    “One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.” -Oliver Stone

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  • Amber Heard on movies

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    “I think there’s an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the ‘Saw’ movies.” -Amber Heard

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  • Todd Gitlin on movies

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    “American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others – partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.” -Todd Gitlin

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  • Colin Quinn on movies

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    “I’m always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I’m always working on movies and TV shows.” -Colin Quinn

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  • Ellen Barkin on movies

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    “When they make a woman’s picture, they treat it like a ‘woman’s picture.’ In the ’40s, they didn’t treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. I’m upset that there’s no ‘Terminator’ with a woman in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role. Because that would make just as much money.” -Ellen Barkin

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  • Robert De Niro on movies

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    “I’ll work with a director if I think I’m going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it’s someone I respect and who respects me, even if they’re not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.” -Robert De Niro

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  • Carol Burnett on movies

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    “My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.” -Carol Burnett

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  • John Grisham on movies

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    “I’ve had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I’ve been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don’t get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.” -John Grisham

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