These quotes about sex scenes prove we’re all feeling awkward
Actors have to pull off all sorts on stunts screen, including simulating sex. But for some reason, we wonder a lot more about what it’s like to get it on in front of a camera than to do parkour or karate duels. We’re pulling up some of the best quotes about getting hot & heavy. First off, we have one of the best quotes from Michael Douglas:
“The hardest thing about sex scenes is that everybody is a judge. I don’t know the last time you murdered somebody or blew anyone’s brains out, but everyone has had sex and probably this morning, which means everyone has an opinion on how it should be done.”
Nice work if you can get it
“It’s like running in the rain. There’s a certain point when you go, ‘Fuck it, I’m already wet. I’m not going to get any less wet, so I might as well just enjoy how this feels.’” – Jon Hamm
“Sex scenes are great. A lot of my co-stars have been sexy guys my age, and so, why not? I’m not going to pretend it’s not fun. Justin [Timberlake] was great — he had come from doing Friends With Benefits, where he basically had sex every day at work — and so it was easy for both of us. We just kind of got it on, and then were like, ‘That was good!’” – Amanda Seyfried
“The overwhelming challenge was how to show two (and in this case even more) people having sex without depicting the act of thrusting. . .This isn’t a very romantic way of thinking about it, but then again the MPAA isn’t a very romantic organization. Their job is to count thrusts, and then decide — depending on the number — who should see the film. Nice work if you can get it.” – Atom Egoyan
Family matters quotes
“It just baffles me: Women can parade around naked all the time, but the guy conveniently has his pants on. I remember my mom always complaining about that to me, saying, ‘This is such bullshit, it’s always the women who are naked!’ So I did this one for you, Mom!” – Michael Fassbender
“I was sitting there watching [with my family] and all of a sudden it cut to a scene where two people are having sex, and it’s me! Having sex! I just thought, ‘No, no, no!’ It was so much more graphic than I remembered. I was horrified.” – Amanda Seyfried
Nitty gritty quotes
“It’s actually acutely uncomfortable being naked in a roomful of people. The very last thing it is is sexy. The actual physicality is very uncomfortable. All you’re doing is smacking your nuts against someone, and nothing is going in.” – Henry Cavill
“[Robert Pattinson] possibly had the most hideous horrible cold of any co-star I’ve ever had to do a love scene with ever in my entire life. He was literally snorting and snotting through every second of it – and it was not appealing. I’m talking green, infectious, disgusting – I’m not kidding!” – Reese Witherspoon
“You can literally be tangled in sheets and you turn to the other actor and say, ‘What the fuck are we doing?’ Dear Mum, at work today I had so-and-so’s left nut sack pressed against my cheek. It’s sort of unethical if you think about it in those terms.” – Kate Winslet
Wardrobe quotes
“It’s huge, and it’s pink, and I don’t know what to do” – Emilia Clarke on Jason Momoa’s fluffy “c*ck sock”
“So in the scene she’s sitting there, and I take her top off, I take her bra off, and she has those pasties on, but she’s drawn these adorable little smiley faces on them. And I forget every line in the scene. Not just from this movie, from every movie I’ve done.” – Ryan Reynolds
Oof quotes
“I’ve had a pretty illustrious career at this point, but the hardest thing has been pretending to be turned on by Anne Hathaway. And I pride myself on really having pulled it off.” – Jake Gyllenhaal
