The down-side of these huge-budget movies is that so many people have a hand in them, sometimes they come out a little more vanilla.
I had a prior deal in place to do a miniseries for HBO, so I'm not done with TV. But I basically want to stay in movies.
I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
You have to give people permission to laugh. That's why they would always cut to the banana peel in the Laurel and Hardy movies.
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.
The movies I respond to are by guys like the Coen brothers and Edgar Wright, where it's hard to fit them into any one box.
Every decade or so, Hollywood has an epiphany. It turns out faith-based audiences enjoy going to the movies, too.
I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.
For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.
Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books.
I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing.
I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.
Mennonites are very conservative. They don't drink, dance, smoke, go to movies. I grew up in a very conservative faith-based community.
In Hollywood, I'm lucky, I only do big movies like 'Blade.' It's much more comfortable: you have a trailer.
I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.
For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.
All my cousins are almost old enough to start seeing my movies. I'm going to have some 'splainin' to do.
I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.
When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.
