“I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.”

“I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable.”

“You know, comics and movies, even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie, we can't all be Joss Whedon.”

“You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.”

“I could really use a corporate sponsor. People think that because you're in the movies, you're rich. I have allocated all my resources to Shambala so the animals will always be safe.”

“I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.”

“I'm a movie nut. I go to the movies probably twice a week, and if I'm not doing anything at night, I'm usually watching a movie or two.”

“In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.”

“Movies are about escape.”

“My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.”

“Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.”

“I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.”

“All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.”

“Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.”

“In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.”

“I aim for a lifetime full of movies.”

“Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops a little bit for me. It brings me out of the movie experience. Now we have the technology to cure that.”

“The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise.”

“Hollywood is throwing action movies at me.”

“I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.”

“Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.”