movies Quotes

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

I don’t take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.

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

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

If my films don’t show a profit, I know I’m doing something right.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

Everything makes me nervous – except making films.

It’s the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.