Bobby Farrelly Quotes

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.

I love the first Godfather movie, part one. And two.

I love 'The Godfather.'

'The Godfather' has been a film which has influenced me a lot.

That godfather of the modern action blockbuster, 'The Godfather,' is entirely character driven, propelled by the transformation of a crime lord's youngest son, who breaks bad when he evolves from white-sheep war hero to blood-soaked inheritor of his father's empire.

You know one scene I always think about is in 'The Godfather', when Marlon Brando's in the hospital. Al Pacino arrives there and enlists the help of the baker to protect his father. The two of them stand outside and the baker fiddles with a cigarette lighter, but Pacino's hands are rock steady. That's when we sort of realize that he can do this.

I'm not saying 'The Godfather' trilogy was bad - because it was brilliant - but that was fiction. It was based on reality.

Godfather' is based on a book and it is one of the best films.

Anybody who was in 'The Godfather' is a tough guy.

When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'

'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.

'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

When 'The Godfather' comes on, any time of the day or night, I'm lost because I'm incapable of turning it off.

Where do I begin with 'The Godfather?' It's like explaining why the 'Bible' is so popular. I'll always remember seeing the first one because it was the only time I went to the movies with my grandfather.

'The Godfather' is the talismanic giant that hangs over everything in the gangster genre.

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

I saw 'The Godfather' in London when it came out in 1972 and loved it. I've seen it probably 20 times - I always find something new.

'The Godfather' changed the way gangsters acted.

The 'Godfather I' and 'II,' those were real straight movies in my life. At the same time, so is 'Five Deadly Venoms,' if we go into kung-fu movies.

If I could spend the rest of my life inside one movie it would be The Godfather, because it's the greatest movie ever made.

After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film.

'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. It's epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet you still feel like you can reach out and touch it.

I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great.

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western.