#movie

Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#been #finished #framed #into #like

My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#asian #bit #british #came #could

Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#am #back #days #doing #drive

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#believed #change #had #i #list

I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#anymore #being #done #had #i

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#because #become #directing #director #i

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#bomb #fear #got #like #movie

Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#been #certain #develop #fearlessness #kind

There's a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do. It's free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#before #case #day #first #going

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#am #astaire #cast #clear #feel