9 Quotes by Christopher Sharrett

As the film's hidden, sympathetic hero who proves to be victimized by businessmen pillaging the Third World for their own gain, who is eventually victimized by a bunch of bullies and out-classed by so-called 'civilization,' King Kong has held on with Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf-Man. But some people will end up profoundly unhappy and some will just shrug their shoulders and say, 'Well, that was an interesting three hours.

People tend to dance much more easily than they can sing or play the piano. It's not hard to teach a person to do a good jitterbug. But it's hard to get them to sound like Sinatra.

You see this trend a lot in the film industry, where talented young directors are discovered by the industry, which then puts a bunch of money in their hands and they end up making a lot of junk basically a bunch of eye candy that ends up looking like a really good video game on the screen.

It rarely works. The only time it genuinely works is if the actor has some musical ability and orientation.

The use of the motion picture, the great art form of the 20th century, as one more advertising vehicle is a really irksome thing, to say the least.

The vast majority of these characters are portrayed as stolid, stalwart men who face various crises with a great deal of fortitude and courage. I think that will play a role: Can the woman do it, or is she compensating for some kind of emotional or sexual drive?

In many cases, the Oscar has been far more a blessing than a curse. If you look at the careers of actors and directors, there are reasons why they end up going up or down or are stagnant. It's not based on mysticism.

In Martin Sheen, you have a president who is a regular guy, who can sit down with you and have a drink, ... I think the show will carry some of the influence of 'The West Wing,' or try to rebut it insisting the female can make it.

Can the female juggle the family and the job at the same time? The male president can do the job because the woman is watching things domestically, but can she balance a job like this and the family? Why does she have to have the onus of having to take care of the family and the country too? Or maybe the theme will be that the family is the country.