Quotes about American movies

I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well. Votes: 1

For me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV. Votes: 1

It's a big problem for American movies that all their movies are produced to be global. Votes: 1

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. Votes: 1

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies. Votes: 1

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. Votes: 1

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies. Votes: 1

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows. Votes: 1

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture. Votes: 1

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good. Votes: 1

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction. Votes: 1

My grandmother, when she looked at American movies, she said, 'They're all the same. In the first scene somebody shoots somebody and then everybody makes phone calls.' Votes: 1

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element. Votes: 1

I think I'm a very American director, but I probably should have been making movies somewhere around 1976. I never left the mainstream of American movies; the American mainstream left me. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent. Votes: 1

Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them. Votes: 1

St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes. Votes: 1

I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to American music. It hits you in a way that's a lot purer because you are not in that culture that you're watching. Votes: 1

It's funny, I started by making fake American movies, 'The Transporter' and stuff like that. I was shooting in France, but everything was in English. But then afterwards, I was looking at real French movies like the Jacques Audiard movies. Votes: 1

I learned English at school, or at least that's how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European countries - we don't dub anything, so as a kid growing up, always watching English and American movies in their original language really helped. Votes: 1

In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World. Votes: 1

Foreigners have a complex set of associations in their minds when they think of America - from Iraq to 9/11, certainly, but also from Coke to jeans. It is entirely possible for people around the world to love American products, American books, American movies, American music, and dislike the policies of the government of America. Votes: 1

It was always a dream as I was growing up. I would watch movies, mostly American movies, and be so engrossed in those stories, all I wanted to do was be there. I wanted to be part of that romance or that fantasy or be that warrior or that struggling soul who finally makes it good. Votes: 1

My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years. Votes: 1

I never thought about how I didn't have a cell phone or I'm in 2011. I was just so happy to be able to be a character in the 30s and there are these actresses that I really liked in the 40s, 50s and 60s in American movies that I've seen since I was a little girl. But you don't really think like that when you prepare for a role. Votes: 1

All my favorite movies are American movies since I was a kid. Votes: 0

I think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture. Votes: 0

So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior. Votes: 0

Its a big problem for American movies that all their movies are produced to be global. Votes: 0

I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie. Votes: 0

South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang. Votes: 0

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world. Votes: 0

I love scary movies. I like American Horror Story. That is more of a series, but it is really good. Votes: 0

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof Votes: 0

The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies. Votes: 0

Like most people raised on American movies, I have poor access to my emotions, but can banter like a motherfucker. Votes: 0

The movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people. Votes: 0

I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie. Votes: 0

ou know, if you want to see jackbooting Nazis in movies, you've got to watch American movies made at that time. Votes: 0

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies. Votes: 0

I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. American Family was the first thing I did in English. Votes: 0

I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. 'American Family' was the first thing I did in English. Votes: 0

American movies show you how to fight and break armsand necks. I want to make the action in my movies like dancing. Votes: 0

Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies. Votes: 0

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. Votes: 0

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. Votes: 0

I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget. Votes: 0

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies. Votes: 0

That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story. Votes: 0

I didn't go to Paris until I was a grown-up in 1965. And when I went to Paris, it was the Paris I knew only from American movies. Votes: 0

America does four things better than any other country in the world: rock music, movies, software and high-speed pizza delivery. All of these are sacred American art forms. Votes: 0

For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead. Votes: 0

I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States. Votes: 0

I walked out on American Gangster: this evil piece of dreck. Defenders of this junk say that these movies give Black actors jobs. So did "Birth of a Nation." Votes: 0

By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions, literature and movies, and an unsuspected sexual aid, the automobile. Votes: 0

For some strange reason we don't go to charming, light movies anymore. People expect a movie to be heavy and turgid, like "American Beauty." We've become a heavy-handed society. Votes: 0

Romanian movies are not made the same as American movies are, only because it's newer there. For instance, cigarettes, over there, are much more prominent, and Americans aren't used to that. Votes: 0

When we came to America, the movies here needed a "new wave." European films looked totally different than American movies, which were these lush, glossy pictures with this elaborate production design. Votes: 0

Hollywood is a symbol of global movies, it's not just American movies. It's become a platform and a melting pot; it's for all the talents and capital from all over the globe. Votes: 0

I grew up watching American movies. My favorite movies have always been American, since as long as I can remember. I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. Votes: 0

Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials -- they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think -- rather than letting you figure it out on your own. Votes: 0

I like looking back at people's faces in the dark. I like noticing details that no one else sees. But I hate it in the old American movies when drivers don't watch the road. Votes: 0

Before I moved into the mainstream of American movies, I wrote a script as an experiment. I wanted to get very far away from the clichés about the three-act play - structure, development. Votes: 0