John Waters Quotes

If you go to Sundance, the experience that I've had there as a viewer is... there's like a hundred movies there, and you've got to figure out what movies are sold out, what can you see. Sometimes you go to see movies that you don't know anything about because it just works into your schedule.

Me, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see.

Hollywood movies are seen throughout the world.

I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.

I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a 'Jurassic Park.'

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s.

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

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.

I choose movies with caution.

I've done a lot of genre movies.

I like Telugu movies, then comes Bollywood and then English movies. In Tollywood, I like Mahesh Babu and Prabhas. But no, I don't watch all their movies. I first find out if the movie is nice. If it's a flop, I don't watch it.

The sad thing about working on a movie is that you can never see the movie.

I love films. It's really funny, actually. Like, I see a lot of smaller movies. But a lot of these big, epic films that everyone's like, 'You have to see,' I haven't watched yet.

I have acted in all four film industries in the South. I speak all four languages because of my upbringing in various cities.

There's only so many great movies that come about every year.

I want to be a part of the best movies that are being made, and to work with the best directors.

I remember the glory days of film making. I used to go to the movies a lot.

I still consider 'Vaastav' and Raj Kumar Santoshi's 'Pukar' two of my better films, though I admit nothing great happened thereafter.

I'm really excited about furthering my film career in Bollywood and Hollywood.

I was never serious about Bollywood films, but when I was offered a film like 'Shanghai,' I took it because it is a good film.

My role in 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a cameo, but it did expose me to cinema and took me to Cannes. I then did 'Prague,' which was a very niche film.

I love movies and I'm interested in watching how they're made and everything.