Famous Quotes

"Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you."

Abbas Kiarostami on Movies

More quotes about Movies

• "Film spectators are quiet vampires."

  Jim Morrison on Movies

• "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

  Johnny Depp on Movies

• "You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."

  Steve Martin on Movies

• "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

  Clint Eastwood on Movies

• "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

  Walt Disney on Movies

More quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

• "I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!"

• "In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you."

• "Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it."

• "I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political."

• "Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect."