“I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.” ThinkingWayCitiesGoneNew YorkDirectorsAuthorityCapacityBudgetsAppropriateAlbany Author:Joe Lhota
“I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get to sit in a room on my own and the set costs nothing and the actors cost nothing and I'm the director and it's so simple. You just need a pen and paper to make a book. You don't need a huge budget or a gaffer or a best boy.” PeopleNeedsBookFactsFilmActorsMy OwnSimpleRoomsBoysHugeInvolvedCostDirectorsPaperComplicatedBudgetsPens Author:Markus Zusak
“The size of budgets does not alter my decision if I should do it. If there's a movie with a budget of only $1 million that I find interesting, then I'll sign up, but it has to be in the hands of a director who can do something with it. Ultimately, it's a director's medium.” IfsShouldDoeHandsCan DoDecisionInterestingMillionsDirectorsSizeMediumsBudgetsCan Do Something Author:Andy Garcia
“Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories are constantly changing according to budget, actors, and commercial needs. Films are a collaborative process and are also inherently narrative and structured, so you are always working within very tight parameters. Short fiction unleashes a more intimate voice and a passion for language. I believe short narratives can have the same amount of danger and drama as any action film.” NeedsBelieveStoriesActionFilmPassionActorsLanguageI BelieveProcessVoiceFictionDangerAmountDramaDirectorsPagesProducersNarrativeBudgetsIntimateScreenwritingParametersAction FilmsAlways Working Author:Chiara Barzini
“When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and a part-time grip. I can't even imagine the luxury of not having to keep an eye on every aspect of production while directing.” I CanEyeImagineHairDirectorsLowsAspectProductionsLuxuryShootingBudgetsDepartmentPart TimeCatering Author:Amber Sealey
“Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count.” MatterBigsDirectorsBudgets Author:Michael Sucsy
“I came from advertising. For me it's about protecting the director's vision. That's always the goal. There's keeping things on budget and on time and dealing with selling the movie so that to me is a focus. But also it's about serving the script. We are genre filmmakers, those are the films we love to make, so my perspective is a little different.” LittlesDifferentFilmGoalVisionFocusPerspectiveDirectorsScriptsSellingAdvertisingGenreBudgetsFilmmakerServing Author:Charles Roven
“We're still at a point where women [directors] aren't allowed to be mad visionaries. We have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we're responsible, that we can handle it, that we've got all our ducks in a row . . . most women who direct always come in on budget, always come in on schedule, and if they were wild and irresponsible it would not be put down to brilliance, but to a general flakiness.” IfsStillsDoubtDirectorsProveShadowDirectResponsibleMadHandleBudgetsDucksSchedulesBrillianceVisionariesIrresponsible Author:Sarah Polley
“I think we all have limitations, as directors. I don't care what the budget is, it's probably never enough money and never enough time. You figure it out. Sometimes the limitations bring more creativity.” ThinkingSometimesEnoughCareCreativityFiguresDirectorsDon't CareLimitationI Don't CareBudgetsEnough Time Author:Francesca Gregorini
“The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions.” DecisionDirectorsDevelopingBudgetsCloutImplementingNational Intelligence Author:Leonard Boswell
“The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.” NeedsMeanJobsDirectorsAuthorityAskingBudgetsNational Intelligence Author:Leonard Boswell
“I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them. It was a real character piece. Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well. I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I'd known of him because I'm from Europe. I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great. I thought it was an interesting take on such a big-budget cult classic.” FirstsWellsRealCharacterFactsBigsRememberActorsInterestingKnownPiecesDirectorsFirst TimeEuropeVersionsBudgetsClassicCultCarpenterReal Character Author:Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
“I worked for 20 directors as a production designer, most male. I was on the set to witness firsthand a range of sometimes atrocious emotions - well-documented firings, yellings, fights between directors and actors, hookers, abusive things, budget overages, lack of preparation. A man gets a standing ovation for crying because he's so sensitive, but a woman is shamed.” MenWellsSometimesFightingActorsEmotionCryDirectorsStandingMalesProductionsWitnessPreparationRangeBudgetsSensitiveDesignerYellingAbusiveFiringOvation Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“I'm very excited about is that my son Scott is a director and he just finished his first picture. It's called "Lucky 13", it's a low budget picture, it stars Jeremy Dillon, Daryl Hannah and Jami Gertz.” FirstsStarsSonLuckyDirectorsLowsExcitedFinishedBudgetsMy Son Author:Garry Marshall