159 Quotes by Cameron Crowe

I wonder if I had gone for laughter and tears from the start how sad (the movie) would've been.

It felt like a faraway place that was still home,

Well all kinds of movies that you wouldn't expect that I'd want to do, both bigger scale and smaller scale than the ones I've done.

Mostly it was about the success of the shoe: Does the shoe come back? I had to look at it without that scene,

Wilder would say, 'Ninety minutes for this picture is all my bum can take in a seat',

The question is where do we go from here? The answer is -- life.

We used music in the film to create an environment. It made it feel like we were telling our story with a little extra -- a little extra soul.

Tom and I have a similar sensibility and experience. You know his dad was from Kentucky where I set the film, and so was mine. That's where he died. His mom's really important in his life and so is mine,

Billy Wilder once told me, 'Make 'em personal,' ... 'But make 'em for the people.'