Movie Quotes

A film is its own thing and in an ideal world I think a film should be discovered knowing nothing and nothing should be added to it and nothing should be subtracted from it.

I just do what Clint Eastwood does: Keep moving forward. You can’t look back or think about that kind of stuff too much. You just keep making movies; hopefully you make some good ones.

In human years I am 29. In actress years I’m the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That’s how it works here in Hollywood.

I do like going to the movies, but I like eating tons of sweets and ice cream, so I can’t go to the movies anymore.

Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status – there’s joy in that.

When you’re in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there’s no difference.

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ‘no, I went to films.’

The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I’ve got Russell Crowe and that would get the film made. Now they’d ask ‘And who’s the girl?’ Just one famous face isn’t enough any more.

Sometimes there are people who don’t know how to make action movies – and that situation isn’t a good one.

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.