Movie Quotes

All my movies are about strange worlds that you can’t go into unless you build them and film them. That’s what’s so important about film to me. I just like going into strange worlds.

One thing I don’t understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they’ll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.

When you don’t come from a film background, getting the right debut is important and difficult, as you don’t have the sensibility to know what will work and what won’t.

I’ll have to have a palace, of course. I may not be a princess, but I am a movie queen, and every queen should have a palace.

I hate myself on the screen. I want to die. My voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet. I’d love to be tall and willowy. I’m short.

I don’t get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.

I know it’s a big gamble, but I want to do good films.

Performing in front of the camera is a different thing, and shooting a whole film is another.

When you’re doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.