Astounded Quotes

"I`m astounded there aren`t more American political films. I`m amazed, when you can make movies for nothing, there are not people out there making these incredibly angry anti-war movies. How come?" (September 2006)

(On Boogie Nights (1997)): It`s obvious why someone, I think, would be afraid of this project and I thought I had some baggage in terms of a lot of people who grew up with movies like I did would wonder why I would even be near a film like that. I also felt like this thing will either crash and burn, be the biggest disaster of all time or the most talked about film of the year. Quite honestly I needed a jump start and so it was a brave choice. I kept turning it down and then getting reassurances that we had humanity. And the humanity was I was a surrogate father for damaged goods and the first day we read, I was astounded at the talent, these young actors who I hadn`t worked with, some of `em I didn`t know. Incredible. And about 10-15 minutes into the reading Mark Wahlberg came over and sat down beside me and he said, "How ya doin` Dad?" It stayed like that, the relationship stayed like that through the whole film.

Thank you. I so didn`t expected this. I wore a really tight dress that`s very ungracious walking up those stairs. Thank you very much, I sort of don`t know where to begin. Playing Katharine Hepburn, I absolutely did not expect to be standing here in front of you all. But Hepburn aside, I actually would like to say, as an actor coming from another country to this country, I am so astounded and amazed, and grateful, at the power of the SAG union and what it does for its members. And I hope that other countries, mine own included, you know, is inspired by that - I think it`s incredible. (SAG acceptance speech Feb. 5, 2005)

(Explaining to The New York Times how he wrote the script for Rocky (1976) in three days) I`m astounded by people who take 18 years to write something. That`s how long it took that guy (Gustave Flaubert) to write "Madame Bovary". And was that ever on the best-seller list? No. It was a lousy book and it made a lousy movie.

I`m astounded by people who want to `know` the universe when it`s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

I?m married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain.

Whenever I hear people talking about "liberal ideas," I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them.

All of us are astounded by the momentum of the mutual-fund industry. It`s an awesome thing to behold.