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Sylvester Stallone

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

by Sylvester Stallone (Actor, American , born in 1946) keywords: action, evil, exuberant, good, morality, movies, over, plays, tend, think, triumphs , which

Sylvester Stallone

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

by Sylvester Stallone (Actor, American , born in 1946) keywords: philanthropist, see , violent

Sylvester Stallone

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

by Sylvester Stallone (Actor, American , born in 1946) keywords: another, being, bum, neighborhood, pride, reputation , rocky

David Steinberg

I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes.

by David Steinberg (Comedian, Canadian , born in 1942) keywords: comedy, film, friends, script , writing

There's an electrical thing about movies.

by Oliver Stone (Director, American , born in 1946) keywords: electrical, movies , thing

Madeleine Stowe

I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.

by Madeleine Stowe (Actor, American , born in 1958) keywords: beautiful , film

Elizabeth Taylor

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

by Elizabeth Taylor (Actor, English , born in 1932) keywords: everything, except, films, makes, making , nervous

Film lovers are sick people.

by Francois Truffaut (Director, French , born in 1932) keywords: film, lovers , sick

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

by Orson Welles (Actor, American , born in 1915) keywords: camera, eye, film, good, head, never, poet, really , unless

Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it.

by Wim Wenders (Director, German , born in 1945) keywords: because, certain, movies, need, over, see, something , world

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

by Oskar Werner (Actor, Austrian , born in 1922) keywords: films, married, mistress , theater

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

by Billy Wilder (Director, American , born in 1906) keywords: award, few, film, focus, foreign, out, scenes, shoot, want , win

Esther Williams

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

by Esther Williams (Actor, American , born in 1921) keywords: granted, hollywood , life

After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground.

by Bruce Willis (Actor, American , born in 1955) keywords: die , hard

But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys.

by Bruce Willis (Actor, American , born in 1955) keywords: action, bad, come, film, genre, gonna, guys, new, some , up

I just have more fun when I get to try new things - and the action film genre has kind of painted itself into a corner, copied itself so many times and it has basically run out of bad buys.

by Bruce Willis (Actor, American , born in 1955) keywords: action, bad, film , fun

That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner.

by Douglas Wood (Celebrity, Australian , born in 1942) keywords: business, powerful, successful , work

This is the Bond of the new millennium. Everything is updated, from the action sequences to the interaction between the characters. All the elements reflect changes that have occurred in the world in recent years.

by Rick Yune (Actor, American , born in 1971) keywords: bond, characters, millennium , world

Abraham Zapruder

Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.

by Abraham Zapruder (Businessman, Ukrainian , born in 1905) keywords: film, processing , room

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