Quotes on cinema
Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing.
Richardson, Ralph
There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.
Hawn, Goldie
What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out.
Repplier, Agnes
What I've learned is that life is too short and movies are too long.
Leary, Denis
There's no thief like a bad movie.
Ewing, Sam
It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.
Pickford, Mary
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
LeCarre, John
Movie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall.
Boorman, John
A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
Eliot, T.S.
A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.
Marquis, Don
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
Hitchcock, Alfred
