Harriet Walter Quotes

In all honesty I think that I've had a very normal life, even though I've been making movies since I was 9.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well. I'd love to be able to do a mixture.

Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.

I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry.

You can't make movies without known names, and unknowns can't become known, because they can't get work.

I didn't make movies when I was a kid, but I loved them. That was considered a far-fetched dream.

I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

I've really only had one (dream) since I got into this business at 13 years old, which was to be in this business forever. Once I did my first television commercial, I caught that itch and that bug. I want to be a part of pieces of art - as far as cinema is concerned - that people will want to see for generations to come. That's my dream.

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that.

Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it in time.

Well, this movie I've been working on for a while. I had the idea for the movie like twenty years ago when I was doing 'Empire of the Sun' in 1987 because at that time that's when all these Vietnam movies were being made and my friends and I were going on auditions for these Vietnam movies and my friends were getting them and going away to fake boot camps.

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.

Ever since I was a little kid I was obsessed with films, and I always wanted to make them

I think everybody would love to say they were in a movie. Whether or not I'm any good at it, I don't know.

We've got the prettiest girls in the world here in Los Angeles and there's a great music scene. And I learned what I learned about cinema here in Los Angeles so it's always been really important to me as a city to live in and I love making movies about it.

I've wanted to make movies ever since I was a kid. I knew that was my goal.

I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.

One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

When I grow up I would like to be an artist in France.

I looked at a lot of photos from Hollywood in the '20s, photographs of silent movies being filmed all over the world which are very specific and very evocative. Berenice, the lead actress, is my wife. She really followed the same path with me.