Claire Trevor Quotes

I remember reading the script for 'Dangerous Liaisons' and thinking that I could quite happily spend the rest of my life watching this film; the story and the writing were so wonderful.

The greatest thrill is that moment when a thousand people are sitting in the dark, looking at the same scene, and they are all apprehending something that has not been spoken. That's the thrill of it, the miracle - that's what holds us to movies forever. It's what we wish we could do in real life.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

I don't know why, but I've always been a sucker for roller coasters in movies.

St. Lucia in South Africa is this exotic place where you might go on vacation, and it evokes this nostalgic, hazy vibe.

When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of it. You don't want to be aware of how it's being done; you just want it to feel really seamless.

I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.

I like movies a lot, and I feel really excited when I see a movie that moves me the right way.

I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.

L.A.'s a pretty, warm, easy, breezy place. You can sunbathe, get a Mai Tai, and wake up five months later. And it's still sunny. And they're still serving Mai Tais.

My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwhatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean.

I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.

I did love 'The Artist.' I've seen it four times, and every time I see it, it gets better and better.

'A Bug's Life' is a really funny movie and the characters have such different personalities. The movie is happy and then gets really sad and I'm like, W'hoa, I'm feeling this way and this movie is about bugs!'

'Teen Beach Movie' was a lot of fun because we were in Puerto Rico on an island - you can't even call it work!

The best drink I've ever had was a mojito in St. Barts at Nikki Beach. That drink changed my life.

I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.

With 'Mask,' 'Smooth Talk' and 'Blue Velvet,' I loved the specific experiences so much. Each one was a specific filmmaker with a specific vision.

Movies will always be movies, and you can never replace that feeling of when the lights go down and the image comes up.

One result of moviemaking - and a side effect of moviegoing - is familiarity. If an actor is particularly good, familiarity opens into something deeper: care, concern, identification, empathy. Yet even those concepts can feel inadequate for some actors.

When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film.

I love science fiction, but I have a hard time feeling for characters in a galaxy far away. Choosing movies is the one thing in my life where there's no compromising.

Movies aren't machines. They interact with our brains.