Tim DeKay Quotes

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life,' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

There's an excellent movie we have on TCM called 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue,' which was originally going to be directed by Frank Capra... but just before he was going to start working on it, he came across this story called 'The Greatest Gift.' And that turned into 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It's just one of my all time favorites. And it's hard to have a Christmas without seeing a little bit of Jimmy Stewart and angels running around town.

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.

Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.

'It's A Wonderful Life' still makes me cry happy tears, and my more recent favorite, 'Elf.'

I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.

I still think of Columbia as one Rita Hayworth movie a year, or maybe one a year directed by Frank Capra in the '30s. To see how many really outstanding movies Columbia made, and all together, is kind of eye-opening.

'The Princess Bride' was a movie that I watched all the time.

I was obsessed with 'The Sound of Music.' I always feel nostalgic watching it.

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

That's what I love about those old movies - the music is like a constant companion. Even in scenes that aren't particularly dramatic, like a woman checking her watch, you hear the music as a comment on that action.

In fiction, as in real life, love might inspire acts that are at best foolish and at worst life-threatening, but in the best romances, love is the final, secret ingredient that turns mere mortals into heroes and heroines.

'White Christmas' is one of my favorite movies, so I've always just had a love for that kind of golden era musical.

You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

I loved old movies as a kid, so I always watched old movies.

It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.

I worshipped money so much that it ruined my life. Money is not my god. I just want to manage His money for Him, for the poor people, the lost kids. I just love everybody.

I developed a theory that, in many ways, the early 'Andy Griffith' episodes especially were an awful lot like a Capra movie. They were a lot like 'Mr. Deeds' or a lot like 'It's a Wonderful Life' in tone and presentation.

Jimmy Stewart lived for movies, fought for his country, and died for love. Now isn't that a wonderful life?

I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there.

If you Google a list and just see all the movies that came out in 1984, they're classics, and they define that decade.

It's a wonderful life and I love it.