A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that.
Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
When I was a little girl, I used to watch a lot of monster movies, like 'Godzilla.' All those monster movies.
I probably haven't even seen ten of the films I've done. I don't get a joy out of it, and I don't go to the movies.
Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.
I've made movies that nobody saw initially, and then, all the sudden, people over the years pick up on it. Like 'Spinal Tap' and 'Princess Bride.'
When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.
I loved Superman growing up. I saw a couple of those movies in the theater, and I watched 'Superman II' 8000 times.
Acting gives you cosmic permission to take a trip in movies that lasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until the film is finished.
Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.
I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.
Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies.
Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting.
There's a kind of dream that movies sell to people: You can start as the lowliest person and rise to the top. 'Hit Me' doesn't sell this fantasy.
I'm actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can't watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime!
I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images to convey action.
My roles don't centre around drugs at all! Shadiness is different - it's drama. We're making movies! You've gotta have conflict.
I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.
My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was my dream to make films.
