Arts, Media & Entertainment: Movie Quotes

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"Movies are something people see all over the world, because there is a certain need for it"

Wim Wenders, Director

"So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies without technicians. And there has to be just one person in charge of everybody, and to me that one person is the director"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I worked on a film short with Frank Sinatra when I was a kid"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression"

Billy Zane, Actor

"I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus"

Julie Taymor, Director

"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling"

Christopher Parker, Actor

"National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense"

Peter Weir, Director

"By the way, it was his simulations that helped out in Jurassic Park - without them, there would have been only a few dinosaurs. Based on his techniques, Industrial Light and Magic could make whole herds of dinosaurs race across the screen"

Marvin Minsky, Scientist

"One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"It's not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines!"

Christopher Parker, Actor

"Warren Beatty has always acted like a movie star even when no one knew who he was"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do the scene. I must say that she was really wonderful. Aggravating, but wonderful"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"In Ski Party, we are reading up on how to have fun without sex. That was the theme of every AIP picture!"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"But I'd have to say Young Frankenstein, which I can watch forever"

Jason Schwartzman, Actor

"Normally, as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement"

Peter Weir, Director

"Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making"

Wim Wenders, Director

"Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers"

Pat Brown, Entertainer

"Of course, the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema, but the real problem is the decay in film criticism"

Wim Wenders, Director

"For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it"

Wim Wenders, Director

"Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists"

Wim Wenders, Director

"Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more"

Wim Wenders, Director

"I was just standing around and suddenly I was cast as an extra. I hated it because I was so shy"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"I don't think I fit the Marilyn Maxwell mode"

Lee Grant, Actress

"There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults"

Laura Dern, Actress

"I've always loved film more than theater"

Laura Dern, Actress

"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films"

Laura Dern, Actress

"I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I really, really love directing films"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects, but pull it off with the right actors"

John Frankenheimer, Director

"I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel"

John Frankenheimer, Director

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