Terry Zwigoff Quotes

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since 'One Eight Seven.'

J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.

James Woods is great. I actually did a movie with James Woods in 2000: 'John Q.'

I love Amy Adams. She is wonderful. Evan Rachel Wood is a blast. I am also really excited about Ari Graynor from 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' and 'American Crime.' I think it is an exciting time for young women in this industry. I am excited to make my own path.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I've never felt a strong urge to rush into Hollywood, so I bided my time and waited till I had a decent body of work to show people, the icing on the cake being 'Salmon Fishing' and 'Parade's End.'

A man becomes what he dreams. And I dreamed of being in the movies. I was brought up on Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Warren Beatty, and Cary Grant.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

The actors I would like to work with are Julia Roberts, just because I've admired her work for a long time, well Brad Pitt. I think you know my reasons.

I felt I knew Lugosi. Like him, I had worked for good directors and terrible directors.

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.

Acting was always in the back of my head.

Hollywood has got technology, method, and discipline.

I was on Warner Bros. for a minute.

I've always been passionate about directing.

I have made all my monies through cinema.

I love being part of cinema and I don't see myself doing anything else.

I made my film debut in 1973.

Being a part of memorable movies has always been the goal.

It takes one heck of a lot of energy to be an actor-director - a rather terrifying prospect but a challenge I would definitely relish in the future, given the chance.

I'd love to shoot some of these bigger movies as they come, and I'll go back to theater at some point again.