With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve.
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON 'Looper' was a wonderful script. Rian Johnson is the real deal and a really talented filmmak... PAUL DANO It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA Long before I was a writer, when I was just a haphazard reader and a dreamer of stories, I learnt ab... ANDREW O'HAGAN Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off tha... DIMEBAG DARRELL There was a film that really affected me, 'La Strada' by Fellini, where Anthony Quinn and Gi... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES There was a period... when I used to say, with as much ferocity as I could muster, 'I hate Henry... CYNTHIA OZICK 'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three pe... ADAM GREEN 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun jo... MIKE SCULLY There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', tha... TATIANA DE ROSNAY It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Ger... TIBOR FISCHER When I was young, with my brothers, we'd make movies all the time, and that was never scripted. WYATT RUSSELL There's no way the writing staff of 'Game of Thrones' haven't read 'The Art of W... AIDAN GILLEN When I was a kid, I loved watching kung fu movies - in San Francisco, we had 'Kung Fu Theater... DANIEL WU I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have b... MISHA COLLINS There's those young girls that I once was, looking up to Mia Hamm, Christine Lilly, all those pl... ALEX MORGAN 'Out of Sight' is one of my favorite films ever. Love Steven Soderbergh. 'Goodfellas'... GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a dist... ALANA STEWART Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in 'Black Mask' magazine during the Twenties and Thirti... CHARLES FRAZIER J. Cole's 2014 'Forrest Hills Drive.' The album, artwork, and director of that album was... HASAN MINHAJ Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence. JOHN WATERS Everyone's different, but it was fun for me to work with Garth Hudson. He's from 'The Ba... TEDDY THOMPSON I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French schoo... ZIAD DOUEIRI I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL There are certain people I'd absolutely love to work with. I was a huge fan of 'Two and a Ha... BILLY UNGER I'm a huge Bob Hope fan, up until about the late '50s. I've seen so many of his movies u... SCOTT AUKERMAN 'Fawlty Towers' was a huge influence on me. I mean, it was so slapstick, too. 'Are You B... JONATHAN KRISEL Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - th... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON There's obviously a sense of responsibility that comes with having this following and having fan... CAMERON DALLAS I loved all movies, literally. I certainly loved 'Shane' and 'Roxie Hart.' Later on,... MIKE NICHOLS A few years after 'Melrose Place,' when the luster of 'Melrose Place' wore off and w... GRANT SHOW I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a ... KARI WAHLGREN When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn&... GAIL COLLINS What I fell in love with as a child was 'My Fair Lady,' 'Funny Face,' 'American ... DIANNA AGRON The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in w... PATRICK DEWITT I really like 'Gladiator.' I like 'The Dark Knight.' I really liked, when I was a ki... MATTHEW STAFFORD I read a lot of fantasy and grew up on 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek.' I loved going to... TONY DITERLIZZI I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was ver... MICHAEL RAPAPORT I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON The tour bus is always fun, and there's plenty of time to watch movies. Actually, Kanye introduc... KID CUDI When I grew up, I saw the moon landing, and I was fascinated watching them as a child, and that'... RONALD D. MOORE The only real influence I've ever had was myself. EDWARD HOPPER I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom. SUSIE BRIGHT There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Mo... KENNY ORTEGA There's so many great Western films. Let's see, 'Red River,' any of those Henry Fond... TIMOTHY OLYPHANT 'Avatar' was gorgeous. There are good stories in there, but when used in other movies they... LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influen... SHELBY LYNNE I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brot... CALEB LANDRY JONES With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure t... JACQUES VILLENEUVE I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of m... LASSE HALLSTROM Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone... JIMMY CARL BLACK La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and se... CLINT EASTWOOD Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart a... TEDDY THOMPSON My favorite was 'The Secret Garden'. I loved it, and I think it's had a big influence on... JUDITH VIORST Grace Jones was an influence, because I was like, 'These shoulders! These pants! Girls can wear ... LORDE The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger... BARRY MCGUIRE I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's &... AVI There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who ha... JACK VANCE Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as ... CHARLES HAZLEWOOD Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the p... JUDY BLUME Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It... GENE SIMMONS It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accen... LILY JAMES When I came back from filming the 'Chandelier' video, everyone was like, 'So what'd ... MADDIE ZIEGLER Cezanne had an enormous influence on everyone in that period; there was a change in attitudes to art... HENRY MOORE On long car rides, we would always listen to the 'Blues Brothers' soundtrack and try to emul... PHILLIPA SOO I always loved both 'Breakout' and 'Asteroids' - I thought they were really good gam... NOLAN BUSHNELL I don't like vampire movies or zombie movies. I went to see 'I Am Legend' with an ex-gir... MICHEL GONDRY Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, '... JEN LANCASTER Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention. WALTER MURCH Bowie's been a huge influence on me. ADAM LAMBERT I grew up with a lot of monster movies, robot movies, since I was a kid. I love anime movies, like &... RINKO KIKUCHI I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record... SPIKE JONZE Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was ... GARETH BALE There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's ... KIM EDWARDS I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed d... JOHN LASSETER I was singing totally jazz then, but when I heard the Beatles and heard the gospel influence and eve... BILLY PAUL What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, S... BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
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