Famous Quotes

"I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi something with very important subject matters."

Ethan Hawke on Movies

More quotes about Movies

• "Film spectators are quiet vampires."

  Jim Morrison on Movies

• "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

  Johnny Depp on Movies

• "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 on Movies

• "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

  Clint Eastwood on Movies

• "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

  Walt Disney on Movies

More quotes by Ethan Hawke

• "If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't matter how the other elements of my life are. It's kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful."

• "In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car."

• "It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business."

• "At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money."

• "I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don't cut."