Movie Plots Quotes

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

It goes all the way back to 'Psycho.' Movies with twists like that are memorable because they're so simple.

I have nothing against these big CGI movies, but there are not enough of the other ones - the ones with stories about character that have a beginning, a middle and an end. I said that to a couple of studio heads and they said, 'That's novel.'

'Dil Chahta Hai' is not the first film about friendship. 'Lakshya' is not the first film about war and coming of age.

I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.

It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.

I'm friends with Renny Harlan, who directed Die Hard 2, and I will say, I thought it was beautifully done. What I loved about it was that the bad guys are basically American political figures. They don't have East German accents or whatever.

They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either.

I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.

The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.

Thrillers have become all about technology and using technology. That seemed, to me, not so interesting.

A lot of the themes of my movies, the actual stories, come from tabloid stories.

I watch a lot of movies.