Quotes about How movies

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. Votes: 4

I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment. Votes: 3

If you're a film studio, you're making a movie for a foreign market. You're pursuing ideas that travel well. It changes the movies we see and how movies are made. Votes: 3

When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures. Votes: 3

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim. Votes: 3

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to. Votes: 3

As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that this picture [Bad Influence] had been put out to capitalize on the scandal. Which, of course, would have been impossible. Votes: 3

I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely uncontrolled, and another is a movie that is completely controlled. The auteur theory vs. cinéma vérité. Votes: 3

I love Paranormal Activity and The Exorcist. The Shining is a great one too, but theres not a lot that scares me. Maybe its because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out. Votes: 3

I love 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Exorcist.' 'The Shining' is a great one too, but there's not a lot that scares me. Maybe it's because I know the other side of it, and I know how movies are made, but it takes a lot for me to get freaked out. Votes: 3

Learning how to edit movies was a real breakthrough. Votes: 2

Audiences in mainland China know how to discuss movies. Votes: 2

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises. Votes: 2

Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies. Votes: 2

Working on movies made me realize how fluid the medium of film was. Votes: 2

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies. Votes: 2

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it. Votes: 2

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days. Votes: 2

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me. Votes: 2

Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies. Votes: 2

Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some. Votes: 2

I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice. Votes: 2

So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And that's how I suspect a lot of people do it. Votes: 2

I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies. Votes: 2

I guess a lot of things I make are relationship movies. Maybe all movies are relationship movies, because they're all about how we relate to each other. Votes: 2

I love movies, but I think people think relationships are supposed to go how they go in movies. The ones I like are the ones that represent life. Votes: 2

How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed. Votes: 2

I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them. Votes: 2

I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things. Votes: 2

If anybody knows how to make action movies it's Sly. Votes: 0

The movies helped define how I should be as a person. Votes: 0

I like to make movies about how people actually live, realistically. Votes: 0

Do you know how many movies I wrote when I was high? Votes: 0

It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies Votes: 0

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies. Votes: 0

Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some Votes: 0

People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are. Votes: 0

I don't understand how they can call me anti-Latino, when I've made four movies in Mexico. Votes: 0

Grease' was how I learned that I really liked music and musicals and movies that included music. Votes: 0

I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one. Votes: 0

I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel. Votes: 0

I don't have to worry about how my movies sell because I'm not the guy in front. Votes: 0

Emmerich knows how to do "big", but the trick is in making it (movies) both big and fun. Votes: 0

You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm. Votes: 0

If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space. Votes: 0

Fair or not, it always sucks when everyone wanders back from Sundance talking about how bad the movies were. Votes: 0

Physical reality is one of the biggest horror movies of all, and you know how we love horror movies. Votes: 0

It gets boring at home. How many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on TV? Votes: 0

Fair or not, it always sucks when everyone wanders back from Sundance talking about how bad the movies were." Votes: 0

I still like the run and gun action movies and how truly dangerous it can be to make these films. Votes: 0

It seems like a lot when you have three movies back to back but that's not really how it is. Votes: 0

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of how to get machines to do the things they do in the movies. Votes: 0

Sometimes there are people who don't know how to make action movies - and that situation isn't a good one. Votes: 0

If I can make the movies I want, people are going to watch it how they're going to watch it. Votes: 0

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic. Votes: 0

True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel. Votes: 0

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really. Votes: 0

As much as I love movies, it would be presumptuous of me to think that I know how to make one. Votes: 0

You can assess a culture to a degree by the way they receive movies and how they receive a given celebrity. Votes: 0

I actually love going to a lot of theater movies. I just love watching actors work and seeing how people tell stories. Votes: 0

Maybe the next three Star Wars movies will tell the story of how the last three Star Wars movies got so shitty. Votes: 0

If you do movies that are modestly budgeted, the way they finance them is they figure out how they can sell them. Votes: 0

Movies are magical. Sometimes it just works, it catalyzes, and everything falls into place, and no one knows exactly how or why. Votes: 0

It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television? 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

When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies. Votes: 0

What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older. Votes: 0

I'd become a cult figure to a certain extent because of my movies, but unfortunately it was because of how bad they were! Votes: 0

For movies like The Longest Ride, I got to hang out with cowboys at rodeos and learned how to ride a bull, essentially. Votes: 0

I love the gangster genre, but how many gangster movies are there? If I get a good gangster movie script, I'll do it. Votes: 0

There are some things you can't unsee, and there are some movies you can't get off IMDB no matter how hard you try. Votes: 0

I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies. Votes: 0

I get bored very easily. I find most movies boring. I go to movies and ask, "How do they stay awake making this?" Votes: 0

I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really get. Votes: 0

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?" Votes: 0

All movies, when they're about the music business, tend to have a bit of a wide latitude in terms of how things really were. Votes: 0

My husband, when I was filming the Millennium movies, he asked me, `How far are you going and when are you coming back?' Votes: 0

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office." Votes: 0

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office. Votes: 0

You do these movies, you give it out to the world and you really have no idea how people are going to react to you. Votes: 0

Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville. Votes: 0

Acting is a trial-and-error business. Every actor has a few movies on their resume that they're not terribly proud of, but that's how you learn. Votes: 0

I think the quality of television, given the amount of time you have, how short you have, is proportionally so much better than most movies. Votes: 0

I can't do movies where you start thinking "Where's the commercial appeal? How are we going to market this?" It's not that kind of party. Votes: 0

You know when you do 25 or 30 movies and people are still asking you how does it feel making the transition? you know youre not communicating correctly. Votes: 0

Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live. Votes: 0

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen. Votes: 0

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that? Votes: 0

Life is not about making dough or how many movies you can make in a year. It's about finding someone that you can share things with. Votes: 0

For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it. Votes: 0

Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their phone. Votes: 0

All these women had directed movies that I loved on the film festival circuit, but couldn't get a job making television. That's how locked down TV is. Votes: 0

It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV. I think it's a phenomenal time for TV and to be involved in it. Votes: 0

Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies. Votes: 0

All of the good movies are based on how that story was told. And you cannot do it with a bad script, that's for sure, no matter who. Votes: 0

Making movies is really hard, and it can be humbling. And once you put them out into the world, you can't control how people will respond to it. Votes: 0

Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase? Votes: 0

You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around. Votes: 0

A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one person vs. another. Votes: 0

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine. Votes: 0