Michael Douglas Quote

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.

Ewan McGregor

• Children

As far as the press is concerned, they're going to say what they want to say. Probably about 10-15 percent of the time It's accurate.

Justin Timberlake

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Linus Pauling

Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned.

Donald Trump

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

Richard Gere

If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie.

Monica Bellucci

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong.

Monica Bellucci

You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.

Sam Mendes

If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.

Justin Timberlake

Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there.

Jennifer Aniston

• Woman

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

Alfred Hitchcock

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

George Lucas

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

Quentin Tarantino

You are always concerned about the makeup work, especially when you are going to do a character movie instead of an action movie.

Javier Bardem

I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.

Sean Connery

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Charlie Chaplin

All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.

Morgan Freeman

I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.

Sam Mendes

I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist.

Milla Jovovich

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt