#vie

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#even #good #good idea #idea #like

People over 30 are interested in sex too, but they get real movies about it. ↗

— Linda Fiorentino

#get #interested #movies #over #people

I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine. ↗

— Laurence Fishburne

#acting #around #became #came #cared

All movies assault the viewer in one way or another. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#assault #movies #viewer #way

Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#any #art #basically #dictator #i

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#brave #challenge #end #go #going

And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#christian #did #i #movie

I was never a fanatical movie person. ↗

— John Malkovich

#i #movie #never #person

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#directors #i #i love #listening #love