“A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.” Quote by Peter Bart
“The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.” PeopleRunningTodayHalfWillingModelsPercentSuckerFinancing Author:Peter Bart
“You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.” HardMightTvsLots Of MoneyReinventing YourselfRedesign Author:Peter Berg
“There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him.” LooksBookRealGamesRoomsSittingCoachesBobLockersGaryLocker Room Author:Peter Berg
“It's always an interesting sort of adventures that gets someone into a movie.” InterestingAdventure Author:Peter Berg
“What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?” WantKindPlansTowns Author:Peter Berg
“People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.” PeopleKnowsActionEmotionNot Afraid Author:Peter Berg
“I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don't pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans.” BelieveEnoughPassionI BelievePayAttentionMilitaryAdmirationWoundedVeteranPerksOur VeteransWounded VeteransAttention And Respect Author:Peter Berg
“I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.” MenBigsEarthFilmActorsWinningMusicianEternityBelieverBunchOscarsBowieStreisand Author:Peter Berg
“What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.” FirstsEyeGirlSmartCaughtInterviewsBrownIncidentsTraumatic ExperiencesSawyerSmart Girl Author:Peter Berg