I'm not some movie star relying on a studio. I have my own fans and I earned them.
I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.
If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie.
I'm not a movie star and I know that.
Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?
In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.
I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up--sociologically, politically, and creatively--I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.
The pickings are pretty slim when you have to play the part of a housewife who doesn't go out of her apartment because she's afraid she's going to get mugged, or a woman who turns into her brother, who is a murderer.
I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.
I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.
I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.
Bond's introduction: "Bond. James Bond." Repeated in 17 subsequent Bond films. Number One in the Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes. -The Guinness Book of Film
I had no dream of being a movie star.
If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope.
In the world of bad movies, 'Death to Smoochy' is a towering achievement.
I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.
You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.
We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.
One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: You are.
I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.
I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress
Movies both reflect and create social conditions, but their special charm is to offer fantasy clothes as virtual reality, a world where people consume without the tedium of labor. Characters float in a world where the bill never comes due ... and we wonder why we're a debtor nation!
I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.
It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.
