Subject: Entertainment » Film (Page 2)

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Entertainment Film Misspokements

Popcorn is the last area of the movie business where good taste is still a concern.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer
Entertainment Film

There's no thief like a bad movie.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist
Entertainment Film

The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Entertainment Film Misspokements

If it's a good script I'll do it; and if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
Entertainment Film Money

Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one.

movie critic
Film Insults

Jane Fonda coming back to the screen after a decade-and-a-half absence in Monster-in-Law is like Brando returning from the dead to star in a Police Academy movie.

(1952 – ) American film critic & columnist
Entertainment Film Insults

Inviting her to review one of your pictures is like inviting the Boston Strangler to massage your neck.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer
Entertainment Film

I know what the public want because I am one of them.

(1906 – 1998) Russian-born English film producer & media mogul
Entertainment Film People Television

I am a typed director; if I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer
Entertainment Film

Remember the good old days when the only bomb you had to worry about on a plane was the Rob Schneider movie?

(1950 – ) comedian & television host
Arms Conflict Entertainment Film

I’d rather be Frank Capra than God… if there is a Frank Capra.

(1912 – 1999) American writer and director of plays & films
Entertainment Film

If you were forced to read the book in high school, you’ll probably hate the movie too.

Books Education Film Murphy’s Laws School

I saw a poster for Mission Impossible III the other day. I thought: It’s not impossible if he’s already done it twice.

(1980 – ) English comedian & novelist
Entertainment Film

The trouble with this business is that the stars keep ninety per cent of my money.

(1906 – 1998) Russian-born English film producer & media mogul
Entertainment Film

Blondes make the best victims; they're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer
Appearance Body Entertainment Film

Shoot a few scenes out of focus; I want to win the foreign film award.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer
Entertainment Film

The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Acting Communication Entertainment Film Speech

Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch; maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater
Entertainment Film Insults

A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.

(1894 – 1964) American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright & novelist
Entertainment Film Intelligence Stupidity

A movie so good they named a country after it.

(1940 – ) American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator & actor (Monty Python’s Flying Circus)
Entertainment Film