Jim McKay Quotes

Movies are my bread and butter and my inherent passion.

As a child I liked to watch movies. As a young man I wanted to work in films.

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

A film is a terrible thing to waste.

The film industry is a lovely family and I respect it.

I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done, and I've enjoyed one-hour television.

I was fascinated by movies from age 12.

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

The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting.

If I wanted to do TV full-time, 'Breaking Bad' is definitely the type of project I would want to do. But TV is not my favorite thing in the world. I definitely want to focus on film. It's what I grew up loving. It's always been about movies, movies, movies, movies, movies. I really want to make great films.

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

Personally, I don't know what I'd do without films.

I didn't go to the cinema a lot when I was young.

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

So you see, movies are really another dimension.

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.

Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies.

Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time.

USC has really developed my love for the cinema.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

Film is something I've always loved since I was very young. In fact, I actually wanted to study to be a filmmaker when I was younger.

I love the medium of film.

I am a student of cinema, and I love filmmaking of all kinds.