Olivia Wilde
"The funny thing is, I used to be a casting assistant so 90% of my day was spent on IMDb checking everybody’s representatives." – Olivia Wilde
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Guillermo del Toro
"I check all the [actors’] credits there. Literally, if I’m going to hire someone, I go to IMDb and check [their credits] . . . I religiously avoid the message boards. Sometimes if I want to boost my self-esteem, I go to the movie I most admire (Citizen Kane) and organize it by ‘Most Hated.’ And I go to the one-star comment and I go, ‘Well, it happens to the best. It happens to the rest.’ Every three or four months, with great trepidation, I check the status of Pan’s Labyrinth among the top 100 movies of all time and I go, 'Oh! 75! Ahhh!'" – Guillermo del Toro -
Malcolm McDowell
"IMDb is a fantastic tool for actors. Because if you’re asked to do a film: ‘With who? How do you spell it? Oh. I’ve never heard of him. Hang on . . . [Mimics looking someone up on IMDb] Oh! He did a movie I really like. Send me the script.’ It’s a fantastic tool. It’s changed the way movies are cast. It’s changed the way actors look at directors and other actors. At a fingertip you can find instantly what you what you want. It’s a great, great tool. We’re lucky to have it." – Malcolm McDowell -
Allison Janney
"It helps me so much when I’m about to go meet a director for a movie or I’m going to meet a writer. I go on IMDb and find all these details that help to make the meetings more personal. Like, ‘I see you’re from Ohio like I am. You should cast me in your movie.’ You see who’s married, who’s not, what their wife’s name is. It’s a valuable resource" – Allison Janney -
Cameron Diaz
"I use IMDb a lot to find out about other actors -- what they’ve worked on, who they’ve worked with. Also, whenever we’re casting a film or if we’re hiring a crew for a film, I use IMDb to look at (whether it’s a costume designer or set decorator) anybody in the business that I would be working with to see who they’ve worked with and what work they’ve done so I have a reference. It’s a great tool for everybody in the business to be able to understand who everyone is." – Cameron Diaz -
Jon Favreau
"I can’t tell you how often we’re in a story meeting or something and somebody pulls up their lap top or their iPhone and they pull up information [on IMDb] on when a movie was made, what a rating on a film was, who worked on what, what films they collaborated together on. I don’t even remember how you would do that before IMDb. It’s been so much part of the Hollywood culture for so long. It definitely is the best resource that I know of to get information as accurately as there is." – Jon Favreau -
Chris Hemsworth
"I use it all the time. If someone sends me a script or there’s a meeting with a director, they’ll also send me the link to IMDb. And I can look at it and go: ‘Oh, they’ve done this, this and this and that’s who they are and they’ve also worked with this person.’ It’s great. Big resource." – Chris Hemsworth -
Kenneth Branagh
"[IMDb] is indispensible for the instant, swift thumbnail version of things and then much more detailed if you need it to be. It’s one of those bits of the modern world that I genuinely wonder at. I’m interested in the history of everything we do so the ability to go back and find out the version you never knew existed [on IMDB] . . . sometimes with Shakespeare films it’s the film from 1917 that you didn’t know about. It’s an amazing resource." – Kenneth Branagh -
Kate Hudson
"Especially when you’re more involved in the production side, IMDb Pro is very, very useful." – Kate Hudson -
John Krasinski
"I definitely use IMDb. It’s funny because my understanding [of IMDb] started out as a tool to use in the business. And that’s the biggest understatement that you can hear. It’s a HUGE, essential tool in this industry. Every time I go to meet someone that I might potentially work with – a director, a writer, a producer, another actor – it’s always very important to see what they’ve done to get a sense of who they are. At the end of the day, what we do is a fairy tale. We’re incredibly lucky to be doing what we’re doing. But behind it and behind most successes are these people who’ve worked really, really hard. And they have a great perspective on this business. It really is a community that you can learn from. The fist step is always finding out what they’re doing and what they’re up to." – John Krasinski -
Jodie Foster
"I use IMDb constantly." – Jodie Foster -
Ginnifer Goodwin
"I have the [IMDb] app. It’s how I look everyone up and see what everyone is doing and familiarize myself with people before I work with them. I don’t want to have any relationship to gossip. I like to stick to the facts." – Ginnifer Goodwin -
Hilary Swank
"Anytime you have a question about anyone in the [entertainment] business you’re obviously going to go to IMDb. It’s on your phone as one of those go to websites." – Hilary Swank -
Wes Craven
"I actually looked at [IMDb’s STARmeter] about midway through Music of the Heart (before it had come out) and saw this huge dip and it was exactly where I had been doing remakes but not directing myself. And that was a large part of my decision to start directing again and stop with the remakes business. We all know there was a huge financial crash. Part of that was just getting myself and my family back on our feet because they were good business propositions but I realized I was losing my audience in a way by not being the chief creative hand and not doing original material. I definitely felt that by looking at [IMDb STARmeter]. I said I have to either retire or get back to making movies yourself. I would attribute that [decision to return to directing] almost directly to seeing that [IMDb STARmeter]. It was so graphically layed out." – Wes Craven -
Russell Brand
"It's an industry staple, IMDB. How did we cope without it? Did we cope without it? Was there a time before IMDb?" – Russell Brand -
Jake Gyllenhaal
"I am an IMDbPro member and I use it for all different things. I don’t know a person who doesn’t use [IMDbPro]. It’s a tremendous resource for me in getting information and making creative choices." – Jake Gyllenhaal -
Uma Thurman
"For those of us who don’t have encyclopedic memories (like some people I know) about cinema, [IMDb] is your encyclopedia of film. It’s a great tool." – Uma Thurman -
Josh Brolin
"I use it a lot. I love you, IMDb: A little too much!" – Josh Brolin -
Blake Lively
I actually use IMDbPro because it’s worth the extra money. It’s such a full encyclopedia of knowledge about films and actors. I know tons of people that aren’t in this business that have IMDb accounts and IMDbPro accounts because [this industry] is so much a part of our world. It’s such a part of our daily language and life. [IMDb is] your reference, your guide, it’s your movie Bible. Happy Birthday, IMDb! What would we do without you?” – Blake Lively -
Danny DeVito
“I go to IMDb more than you should. I go at least a couple of times a day. Sometimes many more than that. It’s because of the things I talk about with folks. I’m always dealing with actors, movies and what not. And I want to find out things about people and projects. It’s my go-to place to find out all kinds of information.” – Danny DeVito -
Zachary Quinto
“I think it’s just -- hands down -- the most comprehensive destination website for industry information” – Zachary Quinto -
Kevin Smith
“I hit it everyday. It’s my homepage. It’s an insanely useful tool . . . IMDb practically cured cancer . . . IMDb gets people jobs.” – Kevin Smith -
Kenneth Branagh
“It’s hard to imagine any filmmaker who wouldn’t be using [IMDb] for the way it allows you to traverse the business. It’s a fine idea, well executed and much appreciated.” – Kenneth Branagh -
Joe Dante
“It’s the most amazing resource that film has ever had. And it didn’t exist 20 years ago.” – Joe Dante -
Tobin Bell
“If you’re interested in birds then you go to Audubon. If you’re interested in entertainment, you go to IMDb.” – Tobin Bell -
Eli Roth
"It was because IMDb had chosen my photo gallery and we got so many clicks that we became the #1 most viewed photo gallery that I was able to raise the rest of the financing for the film." – Eli Roth
