I was fortunate to write pretty much a year out of film school and start making movies in the Hollywood studio system. But with each progressive film it became more frustrating not being able to speak and say things I wanted to say.
There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.
Unless you’re a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.
I want to make movies and pieces of television and pieces of art that crack everyone’s assumptions.
I really spent most of my childhood in my bedroom watching Barbra Streisand movies and musicals and making videos. That was kind of where it all started for me. I would go to the beach occasionally.
I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it’s baseball or sports or knitting or the movies.
All I watch is war movies. The stories be touching… just to see what they go through on both sides of the fence.
I only make movies to finance my fishing.
I don’t like excessive violence. That’s my thing. I don’t like movies heavy with guns, any of that stuff, so I’m not into that stuff, but I love a psychological thriller.
To be honest, I haven’t seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there’s only so much time and there’s nothing that really drives me to do it.
You always want your movies to reach the widest audience possible.
When I start doing movies, that’ll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you’re on top. Be the king.
I just hope, every now and then, the studios still slip one of my movies in.
I think there are people that don’t think ‘SNL’ should make movies because sketches don’t translate. Sometimes they don’t, but sometimes they do.
I love the ‘Dark Knight’ movies, and ‘Dark Knight’ and the last one are well over two hours, and I could’ve sat there for three and a half hours, so if it’s good you have some leeway.
I guess I can’t live without Netflix because I would have nothing to do. All I do is sit home and watch movies.
I think I can speak with a degree of authority… today, the biggest driving force of movies is pace; God help you if you try to put in a scene that is about character and not plot.
I like to go out, but sometimes it’s nice to stay cozy at home, watching movies or TV, especially early in the week.
A woman wants to be romanced. She wants to be an essential part of a great adventure; she wants a beauty to unveil. That is what little girls play at, and those are the movies women love and the stories that they love.
I’ve been offered a few movies lately, but I don’t want to do a movie just for the sake of saying, ‘Oh, boy! There’s popcorn involved in this.’
For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.
I grew up going to movies. My daddy was the projectionist, so we got in for free.
It was a time after ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ and ‘Mahogany’ and all those romantic movies: I became this romantic figure on the street in a very special way.
I honestly don’t love the Cheech and Chong movies, I’ve got to say.
Star Wars, the original movie, was all the various old genre of pictures: the swashbucklers, the war movies, all those things were put n there in a different look.
