Charlie Kaufman Quotes

People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun.

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.

I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.

'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

With all the horror in the world and all the crap that's going on, for an hour and a half you go eat some popcorn and laugh with your friends. That's what a movie is all about.

Music is escapism, it's entertainment.

A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day.

I love going to movies. It's just big, it takes you away, you can escape into it.

If I have a rare Saturday night when I can go out to see a movie, I look at the paper and I go, 'Hmm, what's the best medicine for my mind?' I'm going, 'What's the most escapist, fun entertainment I can go to?' So I think that's number one, first and foremost, because that's why I think people go to movies. It's a bonus that there's something real.

People love escapism and there should be a place for it.

At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed.

Movies are about escape.

It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism.

I think escapism is really important.

For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun in.

I sell escapism.

I absolutely love reading; it is a fantastic way of unwinding.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.