Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

movies

I never enjoyed working in a film. 10 more thoughts from Marlene Dietrich

Film spectators are quiet vampires. 14 more views from Jim Morrison

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old. 19 wisdom & wit from Elvis Presley

Those movies sure got me into a rut. 19 other quotes from Elvis Presley

Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life. 8 quotes from Jane Seymour

Too much TV hurts movies. 19 quotes from Elvis Presley

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were. 19 other wisdom & wit from Elvis Presley

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me. 4 sayings from Federico Fellini

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream. 19 wisdom & wit from Elvis Presley

Film lovers are sick people. 4 more thoughts from Francois Truffaut

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies. 21 wisdom & wit from Bette Davis

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage. 11 views from Charlie Chaplin

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache. 21 quotes from Bette Davis

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble. 2 sayings from Douglas Sirk

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. 3 wisdom & wit from Mary Pickford

Everything I learned I learned from the movies. 14 quotes from Audrey Hepburn

My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything. 22 other views from James Dyson

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. 15 quotes from Orson Welles

A film is a petrified fountain of thought. 24 more thoughts from Jean Cocteau

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies. 5 more wisdom & wit from Richard King

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses. 5 quotes from Richard King

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies. 5 quotes from Richard King

I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic. 4 other sayings from Natalie Wood

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. 9 quotes from Alfred Hitchcock

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success. 16 thoughts from Samuel Goldwyn

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing? 16 quotes from Samuel Goldwyn

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. 16 other views from Samuel Goldwyn

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake. 9 sayings from Alfred Hitchcock

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. 9 thoughts from Alfred Hitchcock

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself. 57 thoughts from Will Rogers

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education. 57 wisdom & wit from Will Rogers

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater. 12 wisdom & wit from James Broughton