Dylan McDermott Quotes

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

There's never been a mathematical equation that says a good experience making a movie equates to a good movie, or a bad experience on a set is going to lead to a bad movie.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

'Chronicle 2' has become this question of, 'How do we all make a movie that we all respect?' And that's true to what 'Chronicle' is. There's no one at the studio who wants to make a bad movie. They all want to make a good movie just as much as I do.

I know what a good movie is.

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

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

I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.

If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.

Although he appeared in some awful movies, Elvis could also be pretty damn good as an actor.

I can't watch a movie where the actors are great and the photography sucks.

The priority for me has always been good films.

The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.

of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse

Most of what Hollywood puts out is crap anyway.

A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.