Movies Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old movies quotes, movies sayings, and movies proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

I've always had a nightmare: I dream that one of my pictures has ended up in an art theater, and I wake up shaking. Walt Disney
The only way to make a good film is to know nothing about film making. Jean Cocteau
I can't imagine anything more boring than watching yourself on the screen. Ethel Barrymore
Nothing will kill the movies, except education. Will Rogers
In ancient times a pharaoh could maintain a good-sized empire on what it costs to make the movie about it today. Bill Vaughan
Why pay to go see a bad movie when you can watch television and see a bad one for nothing? Evan Esar
Some of today's films are so long that it takes less time to read the book. Evan Esar
Some movies are so bad that they have to be seen to be depreciated. Evan Esar
A critic seldom realizes how good the book is until after he sees the movie. Evan Esar
The only bright thing about some movies is the electric sign in front of the theater. Evan Esar
TV won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. Darryl Zanuck
Half of the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be. Lionel Barrymore
People tell me that the movies should be more like real life. I disagree. It is real life that should be more like the movies. Walter Winchell
My whole life is a movie. It's just that there are no dissolves. I have to live every agonizing moment of it. My life needs editing. Mort Sahl
Never judge a book by its movie. J.W. Eagan
They didn't release that movie; it escaped. Samuel Goldwyn
There's no thief like a bad movie. Sam Ewing
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. Samuel Goldwyn
What your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies. Steve Martin
Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore. Dennis Quaid
Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me. Tim Burton
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. Francis Ford Coppola
I make movies I want to see. Neil LaBute
We are the movies and the movies are us. David Ansen
If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers. Carol Alt
Like a kung fu movie, we are leaping and kicking and fighting on all fronts. Rosemary Brown
It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around. Mary Pickford
If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. Norman McLaren
Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater. Roman Polanski
I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience. Wilson Mizner