“Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.”
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“I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer.”
“Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.”
“All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.”
“I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.”
“I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.”
“I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.”
“It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.”
“I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.”
“I do enjoy animated movies.”
“You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I've done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there's a lot of work that goes into it.”
“Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out.”
“I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.”
“I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.”
“I make movies I want to see.”
“I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable.”
“For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.”