Lily Collins Quotes

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.

I don't have a favorite role because there's been so many films that I've done that I've really enjoyed.

I've been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.

I've been very lucky enough to do all kinds of movies. All the movies that I've done have been very different, and all the characters I've done have been very different. I feel very lucky to have been able to do the movies that I've done.

The funny thing about my films is that you can make little piles of them. You could make little piles of the movie that were family movies, you could make a little art movie pile, you could make a little action movie pile.

I've loved making movies. I feel like I've been so lucky because I've gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them - like 'Heathers.'

Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick.

I mean I like most of the films that I've seen that I've been in.

I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go to see them and enjoy that breath of fresh air.

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.

People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.

I didn't set out to be a villain in film. I'm a character actor, and if my first movie was a comedy, I could have played a geek just as well.

It seemed like a wonderful honor to have the Film Society of Lincoln Center screen 'The Films of Raquel Welch.' It shows a lot of a variety in what they've chosen; it kind of runs the gamut of my film career.

I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.

The transition from tiny movies to less tiny movies to really big movies has been actually quite seamless in a lot of ways as far as my experience of acting in them.

I did a film called 'Puccini for Beginners,' which was a romantic comedy, and I always wanted to do more, but I kept doing drama.

After I did 'Brooklyn,' I did about five or six violent films in one way or another, and not always with me being the bad guy, but something violent about it to keep the street cred up, really.

There are many actors I really like and whose work I admire.

I've played a lot of bad guys over the years, a lot of hardcore guys. At the same time, I've done a lot of comedy.

I've actually never played a time traveler, for all the time travelling movies I've done.

I did a lot of hokey movies when I was starting out at MGM. Good and bad, mostly bad.

I have done serious roles in various films including 'Budget Padmanabhan,' 'Thaththi Thavudhu Manasu,' among others.