Henry Thomas Quotes

Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

I think by around the time I was about 8 or 9, the idea of filmmaking probably took hold. I made little Super 8 extravaganzas when I was a kid, the first being my own version of 'Romeo and Juliet,' and where I played all the parts except for Juliet.

I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it's great to be a part of and watch.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

'Super 8' was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun working with J.J. Abrams, who I think is a kid in a grown man's body, which is a great ingredient for any artist in our business. You have to be a kid at heart to be able to make believe, and his imagination is phenomenal.

Everything about doing 'Jurassic World' was a dream come true.

Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.

Even though I grew up in L.A., no one in my family was in the movie industry. I've always felt whatever the opposite of disillusioned is. I guess illusioned with movies and with people in movies and things like that. It's all exciting to me.

I started off making backyard movies. I think it began in fifth grade - I'd get the friends together and we'd make little home movies. I always wanted to make movies but I didn't know how. It was always something really fun to do.

I'm the third generation of my family in the film business, and I grew up with a deep passion for movies. I made my own Super 8 films when I was a kid and always loved the editing process.

I'm just glad to be part of groovy films.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.

As I got older, I fell more in love with movies and thought it would be incredible to someday be in one.

I would rather just be successful and have money than be famous.

The crazy thing about 'Hook' was it was one of the movies in town that everybody knew about. It was the biggest film shooting in Hollywood at the time and the idea of Robin Williams playing Peter Pan really captured everybody's imagination.

Yes, there's more access to film than when I first came into the league, but because of it there's a desire to see more and study more and cover more.

Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money.

I have made all my monies through cinema.

I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.

Bollywood works as hard as regional cinema makers.

The industry is all about money. It has nothing to do with talent and calibre. The star system is a money game.