Rushmore Quotes

I don`t want to go to another rollercoaster ride of a movie. If I want that, I`ll go to Magic Mountain. I`m really interested in the young directors that are doing different things in cinema. I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmore (1998)s and the Being John Malkovich (1999)s. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that`s what I`m passionate about.

"Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation".

(on North by Northwest (1959)) "Our original title, you know, was `The Man in Lincoln`s Nose`. Couldn`t use it, though. They also wouldn`t let us shoot people on Mount Rushmore. Can`t deface a national monument. And it`s a pity, too, because I had a wonderful shot in mind of Cary Grant hiding in Lincon`s nose and having a sneezing fit."

There was a time when all I looked for was a good story, but nowadays everything has to look like the size of Mount Rushmore, and the actors in close- up look as though they belong there.

I don`t want to go to another rollercoaster ride of a movie. If I want that, I`ll go to Magic Mountain. I`m really interested in the young directors that are doing different things in cinema. I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmore (1998)s and the Being John Malkovich (1999)s. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that`s what I`m passionate about.