 |
 | "A wide screen simply makes a bad film twice as bad." | |
 |
Samuel Goldwyn
|
|
| "Ecstatic over the total annihilation of the Earth, Dr. Strangelove
"resurrects" himself, miraculously regaining his ability to walk. His
mechanical, robot-like body rises out of his wheelchair, crying
exultantly: "Sir! I have a plan. Heh." (He realizes he is standing up.)
"Mein Fuehrer, I can walk!"" | |
|
Peter Sellers
|
|
| "I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it.
If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can"t help it. It"s the
truth." | |
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
|
| "Jerry: Look at that! Look how she moves. That"s just like Jell-O on
springs. She must have some sort of built-in motors. I tell you, it"s a
whole different sex! Joe: What are you afraid of? Nobody"s asking you to
have a baby." | |
|
Jack Lemmon
|
|
| "Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years
and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of
the worst movies in the history of the world." | |
|
Dave Barry
|
|
| "Life is like a movie--since there aren"t any commercial breaks, you
have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it." | |
|
Nick Mirov
|
|
| "Mr. Rooney: He jeopardizes my ability to effectively govern this
student body. Grace: He makes you look like an ass is what he does,
Ed." | |
|
Movie
|
|
| "Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught
it in time." | |
|
Wilson Mizner
|
|
| "People are always asking me when I"m going to retire. Why should I?
I"ve got it two ways ? I"m still making movies, and I"m a senior citizen,
so I can see myself at half price." | |
|
George Burns
|
|
| "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of
the human bladder." | |
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
|
| "The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in
one." | |
|
Elvis Presley
|
|
| "Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who"s never left
Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color of a Nile sunset,
the sorts of vegetation one will find along the upper Amazon and that Big
Ben has not yet gone digital." | |
|
Vincent Canby
|
|
| "We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter
stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife." | |
|
Groucho Marx
|