Quotes about what movies are

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises. Votes: 4

Actors are really working with bodies, with their minds, and with their emotions. Feelings, basically. That's what movies are about, going from one feeling to another. Votes: 3

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well. Votes: 3

You can sustain visual beauty and innovative visual ideas for a certain length of time, but in a two-hour experience, which is really what movies are, usually audiences - whether they know it or not - most want an emotional connection to character. Votes: 3

But when you're writing a script - for me anyway - you have to sort of create an enforced innocence. You have to divest yourself of worrying about a lot of stuff like what movies are hot, what movies are not hot, what the budget of this movie might be. Votes: 3

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies. Votes: 2

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters. Votes: 2

There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do. Votes: 2

But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC. Votes: 2

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill. Votes: 2

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is. Votes: 2

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones? Votes: 2

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing. Votes: 2

Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse. Votes: 2

Big, big movies are in 3D, but we haven't reached a point yet where that's just what a movie is. Votes: 2

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today. Votes: 2

There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded. Votes: 2

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies. Votes: 2

When I began making films, they were just movies: 'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas.' Votes: 2

Television and movies have short-circuited reality. I don't think a lot of people are entirely clear on what is real and what is on the screen. Votes: 2

Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are. Votes: 2

People don't know what they are doing most of the time. They don't know what they want. It's only in 'the movies' that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them. Votes: 2

Movies are more than a commodity. Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming. Votes: 2

Honestly, not being evasive, but the great thing about Bond is that I have fifty years of movies - 23 movies and all the Ian Fleming novels and short stories, all of which are fodder. And when I'm working on the new Bond, I'm constantly going back to Fleming and the other movies - what are the bits and pieces, what are the resonances? Votes: 2

What I've learned is that life is too short and movies are too long. Votes: 0

Coen brothers movies are not always what life looks like but it's definitely what life feels like. Votes: 0

100 years ago, movies were black-and-white, silent, and 16 frames a second. So 100 years from now, what are they going to be? Votes: 0

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares. Votes: 0

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. Votes: 0

Some movies are what I would call murky. Just because it's murky doesn't make it artistic. It makes it hard to see. 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

Dog movies nowadays are not what dog movies were 50 or even 10 years ago. For one thing, the dogs have become better actors. Votes: 0

I happen to like movies and plays about dislikeable people as long as I get to know why they are what they are. Votes: 0

TV and comics and movies are what you think about when you think about geek, but people can be a geek about anything. Votes: 0

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice. Votes: 0

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in. Votes: 0

There are movies that I did and I know what I did and I know the story, and I don't want to see that. Votes: 0

It's hard to predict what kinds of people are going to enjoy it [film]. And what people ain't. That's the movies. You never know. Votes: 0

What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out. Votes: 0

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."Steve Martin Votes: 0

It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms. Votes: 0

Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop. Votes: 0

You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about. Votes: 0

It's quite amazing what 3D is doing to movies. Just simple things like a paper plane flying at you or flower petals fluttering about are wonderful. Votes: 0

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives. Votes: 0

Movies are now more often watched on the small screen anyway. But at least for me, what got lost in that is the difference in the medium. Votes: 0

Let's look at what the books are that are being produced. More and more they are being made like movies. To sell. They are being tested out. Votes: 0

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role. Votes: 0

You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. There are so many of her movies that I love. Votes: 0

What tends to happen in most movies is that strip clubs are used as a short hand for unsympathetic, sleazy people. And that's just a lazy cliché. Votes: 0

The barrier between TV and movies has come down and film actors are willing to do TV and vice versa, because they just want to follow what's interesting. Votes: 0

I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do. Votes: 0