Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

movies

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

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. 3 other quotes from Mary Pickford

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A film is a petrified fountain of thought. 24 other quotes from Jean Cocteau

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 views from Richard King

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

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. 16 more sayings from Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

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 other views from Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

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

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

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

I never enjoyed working in a film. 10 other wisdom & wit from Marlene Dietrich

Film spectators are quiet vampires. 14 thoughts from Jim Morrison

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

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

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

Too much TV hurts movies. 19 quotes from Elvis Presley

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 views 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

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 more quotes from Elvis Presley

Film lovers are sick people. 4 wisdom & wit from Francois Truffaut