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"I was really excited to hear about the biopic on Andre the Giant."
"The Aviator is not the story of Howard Hughes, it is a story about Howard Hughes and that's why it works."
"Sometimes the right choice is just a step beyond that to a single event and the ripple effect it has on a life."
"Gone are the stodgy mannered behaviors of period biopics of old, the royalty is funny, petty, sexually liberated—they feel like people you might meet on the street today, just with prettier words and taller wigs."
"These are the avant-garde biopics, this is 'I'm Not There,' Todd Haynes's Bob Dylan biopic that depicts the man as a series of incompatible facets, each played by its own actor."
"Whether him dying now is irrelevant, there was going to be a biopic about Kobe Bryant at some point."
"Everyone hates Bohemian Rhapsody... but as far as musical rock jukebox biopics go, it's like, 'Oh Freddie Mercury, you're wrong.'"
"Lifetime, if you're doing the Aaliyah movie right, this is what we need to see: how she met R. Kelly, were they really in love?"
"He had a major comeback in the Beach Boy biopic film Love and Mercy."
"This is a biopic that needs to be done. There is legitimate drama that goes into this guy's life. He is the Don Corleone II of professional wrestling." - John Campea
"It's the essence of Elvis, the soul of Elvis, captured in the story construction and direction."
"Oppenheimer is a story about how Humanity's short-sightedness will be its demise..."
"This hellish vision is bookended by Oppenheimer's tormented stare..."
"For the final scenes, the actor lost about 35 pounds to show how much worse Che Guevara was getting towards the end of his life."
"A genius, and seeing him finally honored in a great biopic with this kind of raw talent."
"A biopic about Tupac's life is in production called 'All Eyez on Me.'"
"Rudy is a depiction of the capabilities of the human spirit and what somebody can accomplish through pure commitment and dedication."
"The film was so focused on Oppenheimer as a character."
"A TV movie 'Wendy Williams: The Movie' based on her life premiered."
"What is essential for a biopic to get right is the essence of its subject."
"They should make a movie about your life... as long as it's Emilio or Mike Bell trying to play me, then I'm good."
"What makes filmmakers return to the biopic again and again?"
"This feels like a biopic, and that's what I think is so fun about this movie."
"I could see 10 movies about Madonna's life, each era acted out in a two-hour Lifetime movie."
"At the heart of this ambitious biopic was Val Kilmer's extraordinary portrayal of Jim Morrison."
"Missy doesn't want to do a Missy biopic. She just feels like her story is still being written."
"It's a character study with violence, with action, with everything. Historical accuracy is the standard by which every biopic is inevitably judged."
"Is a biopic only worthwhile if it meticulously recreates the events of its subject's life, or is there also value in employing a certain degree of creative license in pursuit of a less literal truth? It's a complex question with no easy answers."
"All of this can be presented in a similar biopic to the one presented by Ridley Scott."
"This is your audition for the Army Hammer biopic."
"Ed Wood was a really fun enjoyable biopic with a really interesting angle on its protagonist."
"I'd love to see a biopic, and it's not a wrestler per se, I'd want to see someone play in the style of Michael Fassbender as he played Steve Jobs, I want to see the story of Vince McMahon."
"When you watch a biopic, the hero stands in on some level for all of us."
"It's a very challenging biopic because essentially you're watching characters behave badly."
"Somebody who's maybe more glamorous or more attractive than an actual person play that person in a biopic."
"Biopics on one hand potentially bringing much needed attention to a brilliant author, on the other hand potentially cashing in on the James Bond cinematic legacy without having to actually pay for any of the rights."
"This is pretty cool. So The Rock is training for the Mark Kerr biopic movie. That's going to be sick."
"I thought Gary Oldman was wonderful in Darkest Hour."
"If you get a movie made about you, you're not boring."
"King Richard is a movie where you go into it with a certain expectation, and you get exactly that."
"Would you want to see a Frank Sinatra biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence with Scorsese directing it?"
"I'm not there is a biopic of Bob Dylan that is so unconventional and experimental."
"Who plays the sports woman Tonya Harding in the 2017 film I, Tonya?"
"I want to desperately want to see like a film, a biopic of Alex Jones starring JK Simmons."
"It's an effective and poignant biopic which delves deep into his troubled relationship with his father and the lifelong struggle with addiction."
"I would totally watch a Thomas Paine biopic. 'These are the times that try men's souls' is one of my favorite quotes from history."
"I loved the conflicts that Mary Kom had to overcome, dealing with her dad especially."
"I enjoyed the drama of this, I loved the conflicts that Mary Kom had to overcome."
"Meryl Streep portrays Margaret Thatcher in what film released in 2011? The Iron Lady, two points."
"Making a biopic is not a referendum on the overall totality of an individual person's life; it's telling a story about their life."
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a biopic western drama directed by Andrew Dominik from 2007."
"The guy from Outkast, Andre 3000, plays Jimi Hendrix in the movie."
"The McDonald's movie, The Founder, I thought I really liked that movie. That was really good."
"If you were to make a biopic of Gary Gygax, do you think you would put in a scene where he's looking at a piece of paper and it says 'Dungeons or Dragons'?"
"Killian Murphy is the lead, he plays Jay Robert Oppenheimer, and his performance is unbelievably great."
"This is what I wanted Bohemian Rhapsody to be, kind of this artistic version of a biopic."
"I love that movie about Brian Wilson, 'Love & Mercy'."
"If you could choose who would play you in a biopic?"
"We saw Rocket Man at the cinema; it was really good, actually."
"Rocket Man is not a biopic, it is a quote musical fantasy."
"I thought it was very well done, it was about King George VI and his speech impediment."
"Bronson is more a series of incidents strung together than a typical biopic."
"I saw the movie in which Denzel Washington played Malcolm X."
"When you're doing a biopic, isn't that part of research?"
"A good biopic is something that you can relate to the characters within."
"I was absolutely honored when I found out that he was gonna essentially be playing me in a film."
"Angela Bassett should not have gotten the Oscar for playing Tina Turner? One of the best biopics I've ever seen."
"Jasmine Guy has decided to produce a biopic about late rapper Tupac Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur."
"To watch Andra Day play Lady Day, Billie Holiday."
"Walk the Line is one of my favorite movies ever."
"It's basically following a young Tony Soprano which is actually played by the legend James Gandolfini's son."
"I want to see a Nina Simone biopic because I just don't think enough people are aware of her genius."
"This just feels like a pure artistic expression of how this man wanted to tell Elvis's story."
"Leonardo DiCaprio wants to play Stan Lee in a new biopic."
"I would love to see a Stan Lee biopic."
"If you had a film made around your life, who would play you? Queen Latifah."
"Oppenheimer is an immersive and skillfully edited biopic that feels nothing short of monumental."
"We humanized Tupac in this movie and took away the mythology because you could feel him more."