Movies Quotes

I don't always see my movies right away. And there are some I haven't seen at all. Sometimes that bothers the directors, so I'm obliged to see them.

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.

I really unfortunately don't have tons of hilarious Sundance stories, because really I am not the biggest fan of hanging out, but the reason why is because I never go see other people's movies and I think that's the way to do it.

I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do.

In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

I don't like doing movies, period. Movies are hard. I like TV.