John Wayne Quotes

I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

You're lucky if you're in three great movies, or even one great movie. I've been so lucky. But if you rely on the business to dictate whether you're happy, it gets really complicated. You just can't do that. There have been times in my life that I've done that, and I've found it depressing.

Movies, far more than the traditional arts, are tied to big money. Without a few independent critics, there's nothing between the public and the advertisers.

I've been in the bargain basement of the movie business.

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.

The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.'

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.

I've wanted to be Mick Jagger since I was 18. One of the things I love about music is that you don't have to be dependent on other people like you are in the film business. I hate being dependent on anyone. With my music, I can do whatever I want. I also think it's made me more relaxed as an actress.

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

I consider myself a student of Hollywood.

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.

But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks.

I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That's probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something with a studio and do other things that I really want to do.

I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or have a big box office. That doesn't really matter to me at all.

I shot a movie with Nicole Kidman that I got cut out of - it was crap anyways.

Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.

We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow.

I always would hear people say, 'Omarion is underrated,' or 'Omarion doesn't get the props he deserves,' and I always thought that was interesting because I have had a certain level of success.

You throw a rock in Hollywood and you're going to hit someone in the film industry.