Extras Quotes

The thing about that too is that we had the same extras everyday. It was such a community. It was like a microcosmic little town. We were like all little towns people with extras and a crew.

The three things that I am most proud of doing in my life is firstly, "Extras" (2005); secondly, my appearance on "The Simpsons" (1989) and thirdly, appearing on "Sesame Street" (1969).

One of my first days was the scene in which Dirk Diggler wins the Golden Phallus Award. In the audience were a hundred extras who had been told to wear their finest 1970s clothes. All they knew was that this was a Burt Reynolds film. They`re sitting there, and the director says, "All right, let`s give it a shot. When she announces the winner, you all applaud." Melora Walters walks up to the microphone, opens the envelope and, with that fabulous little voice of hers, says, "And the winner is -- and I can`t wait to get his big cock in my mouth and my ass and my pussy -- Dirk Diggler!" There was a stunned silence, and literally half the extras walked out, got in their cars and drove home. We were shut down for a while until they could get another set of extras. The next time, the director described the scene and told them what they were in for. (On making Boogie Nights)

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

It was amazing just the scope and how sweeping the whole thing is. It`s a big epic - tons of actors, tons of extras, explosions. They move a lot slower obviously than they do (on TV) so you`re just doing a couple of pages a day, so that was interesting to get used to.

The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.

Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in the airplane to stick your samurai sword.

(on Errol Flynn) Flynn was a magnificent specimen of the rampant male. Outrageously good looking, he was a great natural athlete who played tennis with Donald Budge and boxed with "Mushy" Calahan. The extras, among whom I had many friends, disliked him intensely.

Extras (2005). I really have no interest in directing anything I haven`t written, but if Ricky Gervais called tomorrow, well, I could be seduced. I always watch that show and think it`s not going to get me. And then I find myself laughing hard out loud. I`m a burnt-out bitter comic. I don`t laugh out loud. I don`t make noise. I don`t know how he does it but Extras gets me every time. - on the only other comedy creation that makes him laugh every time

We`re sick for what we have to do, but the voters say we have to live within our means. They want us to get rid of the extras ? the extras that are valuable to you.

But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once, and there were 50,000 guys with boots that I didn`t have to pay, and all those extras; we didn`t have to pay them.

I called everyone in my family after (the movie agency) called me back. I think it`s so cool it`s being filmed here, and we get to be extras.

One scene with David Carradine required seven old men as extras, ... So, I rounded up these guys, and they ended up having a great time on the set. The scene was delayed, so they got to hang out with Carradine for a few hours, and he had lunch with them.

We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we`ve added some extras that people aren`t used to finding on Southwest.

We are seeing people vote with their feet and moving away from big airlines. People are saying we are not willing to pay for extras,

"We had a lot of weather issues on the set of Twilight. One day we really needed the clouds to cover the sun, so we started doing a cloud dance, initiated by our director. We started dancing around and the extras really got into it. The entire set was dancing. And a few minutes later the clouds came, so it might`ve worked." -Jackson Rathbone