Quote by Chris Columbus (about James Bond)

Recommending Pierce Brosnan to play James Bond to MGM was my little contribution to the James Bond saga.

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Donald Trump said, "The only way you can use The Plaza on a soundstage is if I'm in the movie," so we agreed to put Donald Trump in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the oddest thing happened: People cheered when he showed up on-screen. So I said to my editor, "Leave him in the movie. It's a moment for the audience." But he did bully his way into the movie.

Chris Columbus - about Donald Trump appearing in Home Alone 2

Donald Trump

Nobody does anything for free in Hollywood. They have to be paid for everything.

Chris Columbus

Hollywood

It was the most magical time of my life. It represented to me everything that was exciting about life.

Chris Columbus - about reading Marvel comics as a child

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are two of my cinematic heroes.

Chris Columbus

Steven Spielberg George Lucas

I was a horrific actor.

Chris Columbus

Well to be honest, I've written on most of the movies I've done. With the exception of Potter.

Chris Columbus

Quotes about Harry Potter

I was always adamant that Hogwarts should feel like a world that shouldn't exist in reality.

Chris Columbus in Return to Hogwarts

I was up on 140th Street in Harlem, in 1992. It was 3 in the morning, and I was walking back to get a cup of coffee. These two young kids came up to me and said to me, "What movie is this?" I said, "Home Alone 2," and they said, "What do you do?" And I said, "I'm the director." They said, "Oh, you're John Hughes!"

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"People are islands," she said. "They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years."

Ian Fleming in James Bond - Casino Royale

Relationships

You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face

Ian Fleming in James Bond - You Only Live Twice

Life Death

My name is Bond. James Bond.

James Bond in James Bond

I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.

Ian Fleming in James Bond - Goldfinger

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

Ian Fleming in James Bond - Casino Royale

Principles

James Bond: "I was wrong about you."
Christmas Jones: "Yeah, how so?"
James Bond: "I thought Christmas only comes once a year."

James Bond in James Bond - The World Is Not Enough

Felicca: "You are very suspicious, Mr. Bond."
James Bond: "Oh, I find I live much longer that way."

James Bond in James Bond - Der Spion, der mich liebte

Misstrust & Suspicion

History isn't kind to men who play God.

James Bond in James Bond - No Time To Die

The world is arming fast than we can respond.

M in James Bond - No Time To Die

Madeleine Swann: "Why would I betray you?"
James Bond: "We all have our secrets. We just didn't get to yours yet."

James Bond in James Bond - No Time To Die

Xenia Onatopp: "Enjoy it while it lasts."
James Bond: "The very words I live by."

James Bond in James Bond - GoldenEye

The legacy of these movies is that my children's generation will show them to their children. So, you could be watching them in 50 years' time, easy. I'll not be here sadly, but Hagrid will.

Robbie Coltrane in Return to Hogwarts

Quotes about Harry Potter

Emma obviously looked very beautiful in her dress, and me and Rupert looked like Austin Powers' mates.

Daniel Radcliffe in Return to Hogwarts

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I didn't think Voldemort was that human. He was the essence of evil.

Ralph Fiennes in Return to Hogwarts

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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