“I never really had a real career trajectory idea. I just like a lot of different kind of movies, I wanna make a lot of different kind of movies, and to some degree you follow opportunity and to the other degree you have to create your own opportunity.” KindIdeasDifferentRealOpportunityCareersDegreesDifferent KindsTrajectory Author:David Gordon Green
“It is better to develop ideas with friends rather than the usual route of having a great idea and throwing it out into a production, and being surrounded by professionals who've been doing their jobs for years.” YearsIdeasJobsProductionsThrowingUsualRoutesGreat Idea Author:David Gordon Green
“Sometimes an actor doesn't sell an idea 100 percent. It just sounds like something that's coming out of their head. You can hear the gears whirring and they're trying to think of what the smart approach is to getting a line across.” ThinkingTryingIdeasSometimesActorsSoundLinesApproachSmartPercentSellsComing OutGearsLike Something Author:David Gordon Green
“With Hollywood you're yesterday's news if you get a flop at the box office. So you might as well be braced to have something else to do that's interesting. Have something lined up to keep your stories fulfilled, and your ideas, because if you're just cranking out movies three times a year.” IfsYearsWellsIdeasStoriesMightThreeInterestingOfficeNewsHollywoodBoxesYesterdayFulfilledThree TimesBox Office Author:David Gordon Green
“Fortunately, working with Universal was just a real opportunity of a supportive entity, who not only financially backed and distributed the movie, but creatively collaborated with us, and gave us ideas and creative ways to make a movie that was budgetarily responsible.” WayIdeasRealOpportunityCreativeUniversalResponsibleEntitySupportive Author:David Gordon Green