“On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have well known actors in them, and they are making money. Well, some of them are. One the other hand, you have Stallone and Statham, and guys like DeNiro and Pacino, and Costner, who are all trying to make movies about real people. They are interested in character driven projects.” PeopleTryingWellsRealCharacterHandsFilmGuyActorsKnownMillionsEffectsHugeCostProjectsDollarsDrivenMaking MoneyBudgetsWell Known Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Even after I had just done Twilight, which made $400 million at the worldwide box office, I could not get financing for three or four projects that I really loved and I thought people would love because they didn't fit some studio or investor's model of thinking, "This will definitely make money." It's a business and a film does potentially cost millions of dollars, and they have to think that they're going to get their money back somehow.” PeopleThinkingDoeMadeDoneFilmThreeLove IsMillionsFourFitCostOfficeProjectsModelsDollarsBoxesStudiosMaking MoneyInvestorsTwilightFinancingBox Office Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“Marketing and innovation make money. Everything else is a cost.” CostInnovationMarketingMaking Money Author:Peter Drucker
“Quoting Demosthenes, 'For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.' I would rather make money playing a piano in a whorehouse than arguing that no cost is incurred when employees are paid in stock options instead of cash. I am not kidding.” MenBelieveWishCostPaidArguingBeing TrueMaking MoneyPianoEmployeeCashQuotingStock Options Author:Charlie Munger
“[The U.S. Treasury] can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time. So when Merrill Lynch sells a bunch of mortgage-related assets at 22 cents on the dollar like they did a month or so ago, the buyer goes - is going to make money, and he's going to make a lot more money if it happens to be an institution like the U.S. government which has very, very cheap borrowing costs.” IfsYearsGovernmentHappensMonthsAmountCostInstitutionsSellsDollarsBunchMaking MoneyRelatedAssetsCentsMore MoneyUnlimitedMortgageBorrowingTreasuryBuyers Author:Warren Buffett