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Famous Quotes

"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 on 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

"Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach test? It's easy to show a picture of a kitten or a car accident. The question is, how abstract can you get and still get the audience to feel something when they don't know what's happening to them?"
"When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'"
"I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass."
"Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach test? It's easy to show a picture of a kitten or a car accident. The question is, how abstract can you get and still get the audience to feel something when they don't know what's happening to them?"
"I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts."