Johnny Messner Quotes

I think all of my male characters, I suppose, in all of my films, they're not necessarily the traditional version of masculinity.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

I love watching Marty Scorsese's films, but they always make me feel terrible about being a man.

I consider myself a student of Hollywood.

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

I write about the men you want to read about but don't necessarily want to be married to.

I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood.

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

Ford made some of the most progressive pictures.

It's good to see some Kiwi accents up on the big screen.

The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.

There are thousands of directors in Hollywood.

It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie.

It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.

A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

There's nothing more American than movies.

I always wanted to be in movies.

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies.

Kurt Russell is the guy you know. He's not something out of a weight-lifting magazine or a cartoon character. The closest thing to him would have been Steve McQueen.

Women drive box office.

Without sounding sexist, you have to cast a real man opposite Cate Blanchett. You need a guy who's grown up.

The only benefit of my dad being in the film industry was that I got a reality check right from the start. I wasn't delusional and didn't want to be an actor just for the glamour.

I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was.