Dante Basco Quotes

People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama.

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.

I think that Star Wars revolutionized not only sci-fi movies, but also the entire industry in the way that things are done.

I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century.

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.

Working on a big-budget summer blockbuster with a built-in fan base is a dream come true for any actor.

Everything about doing 'Jurassic World' was a dream come true.

My dad had made a documentary called 'The Dream Factory' about MGM, and my whole life, I just wanted to be inside it. And there I was.

My brothers and I came to L.A. as break-dancers when I was about 10, and by the time I was 15, I was working on this really big movie, with Steven Spielberg and Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams.

I didn't make movies when I was a kid, but I loved them. That was considered a far-fetched dream.

As I got older, I fell more in love with movies and thought it would be incredible to someday be in one.

Making 'Pacific Rim' was a lot like what you imagined making movies would be like when you were 12.

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

My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.

I play a character called Lieutenant Delcourt who, in the original comics, pops up from time to time to rescue Tintin. I guess if you've grown up watching movies like 'Jaws' and 'Indiana Jones,' it's pretty surreal to find yourself on set with Steven Spielberg directing you.

When they're good, there is nothing like a big film.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

If you know the filmmaker is good and the leading actor is a movie star like Diane Lane, you know you're part of something great.

It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.

'G.I. Joe' is a $200 million movie. The makeup trailer was as big as my house! It was a whole other different production. It blows me away. I'm just going, 'Wow, I'm in that.'

The American Motion Picture Industry will do all within its power to upbuild and strengthen the spirit of Americanism within our people.

Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.

There's little that compares with the thrill of a hit major motion picture experience.

I always loved movies. I wanted to be in them! I always saw them and said, 'How do you do that?' It seemed like going to the moon. It was not a rational thought, but that's the only thing I wanted to do.