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.
I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.
Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.
I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.
Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.
I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.
Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.
Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.
Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
Charlie Prince: For a one-leg rancher... he's one tough son of a bitch.
Charlie Kaufman: You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?
Charlie Kaufman: The book has no story. There's no story. Marty: Alright. Make one up.
Charlie Allnut: Never say die. That's my motto.
Charlie: Look upon me! I'll show you the life of the mind!
In England, I'm already labeled a rock photographer, which is a little insulting, because I'm not a rock photographer at all.
You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands.
