"There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie."
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"If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig."
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"The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie."
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"Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume."
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"I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world."
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"I loved the movies and I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so glamorous and everyone seemed to love her. I wanted to be like that and I told everyone I would be the next Marilyn Monroe."
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"I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing."
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"All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies."
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"My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch."
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"You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person."
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"I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them."
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"I'm going to be a great movie star some day."
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"I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and direct. So, for me, I don't really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking."
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"I never enjoyed working in a film."
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"I wish I knew how to quit you, Tumblr."
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"I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater."
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"People will say a movie bombed at the box office but I couldn't care less."
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"Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything's cool, and you don't necessarily want to know what's in it. The same thing holds true with movies."
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"The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather."
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"Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about."
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