In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. ~ Hannah Arendt

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western. ~ Armand Assante

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy. ~ Elayne Boosler

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now, I'm not going to say what they were. ~ Agatha Christie

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to. ~ Bette Davis

Murphy's miscellaneous laws. Films that are not available on video are the ones you want to see. ~ Edward A. Murphy

When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really complete on a studio level. ~ Bill Paxton

Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael. ~ Cynthia Payne

You always worry about film when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made. ~ Simon Pegg

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and direct, they occupy a special place for you. ~ Sean Penn

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood. ~ Walt Disney

When you're making pictures out heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move. ~ Michael Kirk Douglas

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder. ~ William Faulkner

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him. ~ Andy Garcia

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul. ~ Ava Gardner

What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and do theather in New York the rest of the year. ~ Piper Perabo

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

I do my best not to have any expectation when I go into a movie because it's not fair. ~ Joel Siegel

Everytime I go to the movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about. ~ Steven Spielberg

Film memory has kept them all for us, beyond death or, better, beyond youth. ~ Dumitru Ion Suchianu

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, it's in the script. If he says, 'But what's my motivation?', I say, your salary. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

the lenght of a film should be direct related to the endurance of the human bladder. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand mad men. ~ Anthony Hopkins

I like it when you read a script and ther's the part that you show to the other characters and then ther's the part that only the audience knows. ~ Anjelica Huston

Without doing the movies I've done I don't think I would be half the person I am today. ~ Angelina Jolie

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talent with his personality,.. 'The Odd Couple' was mine. that was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that. ~ Walter John Matthau

At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role. ~ Donald McNichol Sutherland