Ally Carter Quotes

What attracted me to 'The Maze Runner' is its pure action.

For me personally, I think I just enjoy movies about werewolves or vampires because it's not like an everyday thing. It's something you can really escape into.

People who watch 'Transporter' are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.

The fantasy genre is so in at the moment. Viewers want to escape from their lives and watch something that is so separate from their everyday existence. People have always wanted to escape their lives - that's why they go to movies and the theatre.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

When you have Liam Neeson in a film, no matter how good everyone else is, it's a Liam Neeson film. And if there's wolves, and you're running, it's about Liam Neeson running from wolves.

I think you need humour and a sense of fun, which is what I try to bring to my books to leaven the danger and action. The ones that really transcend the genre always have a great laugh in them, such as 'Fright Night,' 'Lost Boys,' 'American Werewolf in London' - just to name a few.

I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the movie that made me want to be a director.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I was always a really big fan of R. L. Stine and the 'Goosebumps' T.V. series and the 'Goosebumps' books.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

The general effect of viewing 'Jumanji' is thrilling. I was able to see on film a thing that at one point had only existed in my imagination. I got to see the images from my book come alive.

'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.

I like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes.

In a movie, that's the only time when you're allowed these kind of fantasies to be lived. Being able to look so cool and be able to fight five bad guys and take them down. When can you do that?

I enjoy watching movies that are high concept or science fiction or have supernatural elements, like '2:22' has.

I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious.

I wasn't brave enough to read the R. L. Stine book series when I was younger. But my brother read as many of them as he could.

There's no one type of film that I like watching. I loved 'Tropic Thunder' and the first 'Austin Powers,' and then 'The Godfather Parts I' and 'II,' 'There Will Be Blood,' Wes Anderson films.

I get bored watching action movies.

I remember when I was younger, we used to read the Goosebumps books that were absolutely terrifying.

I was really excited about 'Nerve' with Dave Franco and Emma Roberts.

The stories I read or get attracted to have a kind of thrill element, or a crime.