Almodovar Movie Quotes & Sayings

Feelings harden into beliefs when we allow emotions to become bearers of truth. — Ginger Harrington

I'm an artist, and I'm part of every decision in a movie. — Pedro Almodovar

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception. — Pedro Almodovar

There's a great quote from Henry Kissinger, which I became aware of from reading [Joseph] Heller's Good As Gold. He said: 'Every great achievement was a dream before it became a reality.' — Roy Hodgson

Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die. — Garth Nix

I wrote a novel about an economic/environmental collapse titled 'Soft Apocalypse,' and that's definitely the sort I'm best prepared for. To write the novel, I did a lot of reading on what we might expect, so at the first sign, I'm ready to convert all of my assets to gold and ammo and stock up on freeze-dried food. — Will McIntosh

Francie looked at her legs. They were long, slender, and exquisitely molded. She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps shod her beautifully arched feet. "Beautiful legs, then, is the secret of being a mistriss," concluded Francie. She looked down at her own long thin legs. "I'll never make it, I guess." Sighing , she resigned herself to a sinless life. — Betty Smith

I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach. — Charles Spurgeon

I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie. — Pedro Almodovar

I know that's fun for people to talk about who are fans of the franchise, and it's fun to get to kind of have my own feelings about that as well. — Nicholas D'Agosto

The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me. — David Lindsay-Abaire

family is any group of people who know each other well and love each other anyway! — Ashleen O'Gaea

It is sad but true that many business people have no business being in business. — Miles Anthony Smith

If I make a movie in English, the money will come from Europe, so that I can keep my independence and freedom. The way they produce in Hollywood doesn't fit me. — Pedro Almodovar

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer. — Candice Millard

When I make a film, I never stop uncovering mysteries, making discoveries. When I'm writing, filming, editing, even doing promotional work, I discover new things about the film, about myself, and about others. That is what I'm subconsciously looking for when shooting a film: to glimpse the enigmas of life, even if I don't resolve them, but at least to uncover them. Cinema is curiosity in the most intense meaning of the word. — Pedro Almodovar

It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that. — Wilt Chamberlain

When I was very young, I was already a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew. When I got out of a movie with my sisters, I retold them the whole story. In general they liked my version better than the one they had seen. — Pedro Almodovar

This honor crap isn't for the weak. — Corrine Jackson

Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working is very unusual. — Pedro Almodovar

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic. — Ava DuVernay