882 private quotes tagged movies

“I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.” — Samuel L. Jackson

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“There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.” — Jason Reitman

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“I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the viewer, move people, make you laugh, perhaps push an idea about being open-minded but never settle on a genre or an opinion. I hate genre. I like movies that are original in their approach.” — Jason Reitman

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“In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.” — Christian Bale

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“I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.” — Christian Bale

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“I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.” — Jason Reitman

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“I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.” — Jason Reitman

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“I'm not going to have a perfect career. It's better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five or six great ones than to make so few movies that when you make a bad one it crushes you.” — Jason Reitman

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“Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.” — Harvey Weinstein

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“As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.” — Jason Reitman

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“I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?” — Christian Bale

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“I'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to raise my own personal questions and not to give answers.” — Jason Reitman

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“I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can't help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.” — Christian Bale

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“Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.” — Jason Reitman

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“There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.” — Jason Reitman

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“I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.” — Shaquille O'Neal

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“I'm a fan of action movies.” — Kate Beckinsale

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“Movies about space raise those questions of what we're doing here, and that inevitably introduces a spiritual dimension.” — Danny Boyle

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“I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. I'm proud that pro-choice people thought 'Juno' was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.” — Jason Reitman

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“I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.” — Christopher Walken

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“Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to premiere here in the same theater on the same day at the same time - they are my audience. They're the people that I think about while I'm writing, directing, and editing. I specifically make movies for them.” — Jason Reitman

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“What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.” — LL Cool J

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“You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.” — Philip Seymour Hoffman

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“There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life - really! But even those movies that I'd like to forget teach me things.” — Antonio Banderas

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“The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.” — Christina Ricci

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