Arts, Media & Entertainment: Movie Quotes

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Wim Wenders, Director

"What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions"

Wim Wenders, Director

"But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive"

Wim Wenders, Director

"Actors, after all, dream"

Nastassja Kinski, Actress

"I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people"

Laura Dern, Actress

"When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism"

Kathryn Bigelow, Director

"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive"

Kathryn Bigelow, Director

"Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs"

Kathryn Bigelow, Director

"I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow, I had worked my way into this movie, and it had exposed me to people, and I had a chance to be an actor, which I loved, but I didn't think it was ever going to happen again"

Jason Schwartzman, Actor

"I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt"

Jason Schwartzman, Actor

"There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there"

Richard Gere, Actor

"In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years"

Wim Wenders, Director

"There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character!"

Richard Gere, Actor

"Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"I find the most interesting and most daring scripts tend to be for independent films"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play!"

Nastassja Kinski, Actress

"I want to do movies, but not talk about them"

Nastassja Kinski, Actress

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time"

Laura Dern, Actress

"I like high impact movies"

Kathryn Bigelow, Director

"It's almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way"

Jeff Bridges, Actor

"Every actor I ever meet goes, 'Ultimately I plan on having my own company and write and direct,' but yes, I too would love to write and direct a movie. I want to do a play, too. I want to do it all"

Jason Schwartzman, Actor

"So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else, because the division is no longer true"

Wim Wenders, Director

"In the late 1980s the amount of German films was down to four or five percent of the market, and the remaining 95 percent were American. It is now 20 to 30 percent German productions"

Wim Wenders, Director

"There's no doubt in my mind that 'Slam' is going to be huge. It's a film about the power of language. People are going to see this and get blown away"

Saul Williams, Musician

"The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"Party of Five won a Golden Globe, it was a well-written television series"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly!"

Laura Dern, Actress

"The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour"

Laura Dern, Actress

"I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them!"

Laura Dern, Actress

"That was fun to play. There were some nice special effects coupled with some really nice moments with child and wife. I also was able to age to about 100 years in 'Brief Candle.'"

Richard Dean Anderson, Actor

"I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it"

Victoria Beckham, Musician

"My issue in the past with nudity was that these scenes had been written solely for box office draw"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list"

Gwen Stefani, Musician

"A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can"

Jeff Bridges, Actor

"Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human"

Richard Gere, Actor

"When the TV version of Annie came on, I was drawn to it. It was the struggle of this poor kid in this environment and how her life changed. It immediately resonated!"

Jay-Z, Musician

"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild"

Nicolas Cage, Actor

"I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it"

Nicolas Cage, Actor

"To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it"

Ellen Burstyn, Actress

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