Feel-Good Movies Quotes

I grew up on romantic comedies and love watching those films. They were, like, a real joy and a source of great pleasure and an escape.

I'm a huge fan of Richard Curtis - there's real grief, real compassion in his films as well as cheekiness; it's a wonderful cocktail.

I do have a soft corner for rom-coms, but at the same time, I like drama, too.

But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.

I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries.

'Superbad' and 'Remember the Titans' - two movies I can watch over and over again. I watch 'Superbad' whenever I need to laugh.

I'm super-into sappy movies like 'La La Land' and 'Midnight in Paris.'

I'm a sitcom junky. And I love rom coms. Mind candy.

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.

I like so many different kinds of chick flicks. I like rom-coms, I like female friendship movies.

For me, I guess I feel like the notion of 'feel good' entertainment... I'm all for it, but I just think you really, really, really have to earn it. I'm not sure I have a lot of movies in me where I see a world that earns it.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

I feel that humor, just like Fred Astaire dance numbers or these lightweight musicals, gives you a little oasis. You are in this horrible world and for an hour and a half you duck into a dark room and it's air-conditioned and the sun is not blinding you and you leave the terror of the universe behind and you are completely transported into an escapist situation. The women are beautiful, the men are witty and heroic, nobody has terrible problems and this is a delightful escapist thing, and you leave the theater refreshed.

There are so many negative things out there on television and movies right now. Even the daily news, it gets depressing.

Hands down, 'The Family Man' is one of my favorite movies with Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni. I've always loved that movie... it's pretty special. I also love 'It's a Wonderful Life,' and 'Home Alone' - I think it's really funny.

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.

There are a lot of movies I feel good about. It was a great experience that I was lucky enough to be there in it. That's the way I feel.

I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days.

I feel like whether or not they admit it, everyone watches Hallmark.

'It's A Wonderful Life' still makes me cry happy tears, and my more recent favorite, 'Elf.'

For some strange reason we don't go to charming, light movies anymore. People expect a movie to be heavy and turgid, like "American Beauty." We've become a heavy-handed society.

The idea behind doing comedies is that you go home a little happier.

I like to branch out as much as I can, but I feel like the movies that are closest to my heart are 'The Wackness' and '50/50' - the ones that are dramedies that have that human element to them.

Movies that are consciously life-affirming are to be consciously avoided.