“You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Movies
J. W. Eagan on Books and Movies
“Never judge a book by its movie.” Continue reading
George Lucas on Movies
“The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.” Continue reading
Hodding Carter on Television
“Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.” Continue reading
Jean Cocteau on Movies
“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.” Continue reading
Stanley Kubrick on Movies
“A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.” Continue reading
Kate Reid on Acting
“Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.” Continue reading
Samuel Goldwyn on Movies
“A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.” Continue reading
Roger Ebert on Movies
“Every great film should seem new every time you see it.” Continue reading
Marilyn Monroe on Hollywood
“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” Continue reading
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