“For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.” ReasonHappensFilmReactionsMore TimeReviewsInitials Author:Alain Resnais
“I think there's always an expectation when you're a first generation, especially a first-generation Nigerian, of sort of being a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer. And so, you know, sort of my initial pursuits into the arts and that I was going to pursue film as a career didn't confuse them, but it was definitely something that they were scared about.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsArtFilmCareersGenerationsExpectationsDoctorsScaredLawyerPursuitPursueEngineersInitials Author:Terry Gross
“I would say the three stages of making a film are the initial 'are we gonna do this,' 'how much will I be paid,' is there a lot of nights, who's it going to be with? The second stage of doing a film is how much fun your going to have doing it. The third stage is was the film a hit?” FilmNightThreeFunStageThirdsPaidInitials Author:Steve Martin