Warren Beatty Quotes

For me, every film is an interesting experience.

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.

I am deeply honored to be making 'Life Itself,' a documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, and to have had the full cooperation and enthusiasm of Roger and his wife, Chaz.

Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.

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

There's not a lot of good movies being made.

As filmmakers, we want the audience to have the most complete experience they can. For example, I interviewed Stanley Kubrick years ago around the time of '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I was going to see the film that night in London, and he insisted I sit in one of four seats in the theater for the best view or not watch the film.

Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

John Boorman was the best director I've ever had.

It's important to be a part of good films.

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.

While it's easy to sit back and cherry pick bad visual effects and blame the industry for making movies the way they are, you're really not seeing the whole picture.

That's realism: a fact that if the audiences don't move out and watch good films at the theatre, people will stop making them.

Films are something that happened by chance.

I'm so passionate and love the craft of movies and watch them over and over.

Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.

Be passionate about your [movie] material, because you're going to have to overcome a lot of "No's," and it's that passion that fuels the fight.

Nobody sets out to make a bad film.

Pauline Kael had seen Nashville, and she loved Nashville. When I called her, she immediately responded to me because we had become friends, and I told her how great this film was, and she told me, "Well, I'll have to see it for myself." So I showed it to her, and she flipped.

I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a director or a critic. Truthfully, I don't know. All I know is that I wanted to get closer and closer to films.

To me, movies are valuable as an art form and as a wonderful means of popular entertainment. But I think movies have gone terribly wrong.

I just love all the details about movies, and it's fun to be involved in everything. I just love it. It's just a little added fun thing to be consulted about stuff.