Robert Fripp Quotes

A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.

Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.

I love big movies, and I love big moments.

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.

I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.

I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

I never could read science fiction. I was just uninterested in it. And you know, I don't like to read novels where the hero just goes beyond what I think could exist. And it doesn't interest me because I'm not learning anything about something I'll actually have to deal with.

I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror.

People want performers, personality and drama, and you got that in the .

I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV.

We excuse movies like 'Independence Day' that really lack logic and say, 'It doesn't make any sense, but it's a ride.' I thought a movie was a movie and a ride was a ride.

When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre.

I get bored watching action movies.

We want to dominate, we want to entertain the crowd and play in a very positive way.

There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.

Bad guys are always fun. It's one of the reasons why I love McKay so much.

I want the audience to be transported to a different world once they enter the auditorium.

When I'm in the ring I've got a million people watching me weekly, looking for me to present something memorable to them.

Who would say no to a film like 'Gunday?'

Formula 1 need to have a good look at itself. As a show, I think we need to put on a better show for the fans.

You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining.