“I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them.” CharacterFilmFacesChoicesInterestingCuttingProjectsMajorsTheaterFlagsDollsAmerican Flag Author:Amanda Plummer
“Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project.” PeopleThinkingDoeI CanIdeasFilmSpeakDiversityProjectsOkayHollywoodBoxesRangeDramatic Author:Lou Diamond Phillips
“There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.” IfsWantHelpingBigsFilmProjectsConceptsBudgetsHelp MeMore Money Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.” PeoplePlayFilmStuffDealsTypeProjectsIntrigued Author:Aaron Tveit
“I am very active on the Internet. In 2007, I made one film every day and posted it on my website. That was a 365-day project, really exhausting, but I still put a lot of stuff on - from life, friends, my own life.” MadeStillsFilmStuffMy OwnInternetProjectsActiveWebsiteMy Own LifeExhausting Author:Jonas Mekas
“Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.” PeopleFilmFunActingTelevisionProjectsResponsibleOutcomesWorking With OthersFilm Acting Author:Alex Borstein
“I had two projects that fell apart during preproduction. The first one was this movie that Judd Apatow and I had written about two guys following the Rolling Stones. It was going to be half concert film, half pseudo-documentary. It was Mick Jagger's idea.The other one was Simple Plan, based on a novel by Scott Smith. It's a great book - really stark, not a comedy - about a guy who finds $4 million in a plane crash and decides to keep it.” FirstsTwoBookIdeasFilmGuySimpleHalfMillionsNovelComedyPlansWrittenProjectsStonesFollowingPlanesConcertsCrashRollingDocumentariesStarksRolling StonesGreat BookPseudoTwo GuysJaggerPlane CrashesSimple Plan Author:Ben Stiller
“I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film.” ThinkingWayBookFilmTermProjectsPhotographerNarrativeFilmmaker Author:Alec Soth
“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
“I try to write things that can't be made into movies. My novels have thwarted many attempts to film them and I think that was true of the essay, too. If you'd actually tried to be true to the essay, it would have been, perhaps, boring. So taking that narrow little cast of characters and expanding it out, that was what was exciting about the project for me.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingLittlesHas BeensMadeCharacterFilmNovelProjectsExcitingCastsBoringBeing TrueEssaysExpanding Author:Jonathan Franzen
“Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial.” IfsWritingFirstsCareFilmProjectsVery GoodScriptsCrucialGood WritingGood Films Author:Giovanna Cau
“There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there.” RealLightFilmProjectsProvenParticles Author:Richard Gere
“For me, whether or not a film has some kind of massive budget or is an independent film, or however it's getting made, it's always about the filmmaker and, hopefully, being a vessel for the filmmaker's vision. That's what really attracts me to projects.” KindMadeFilmVisionProjectsIndependentMade ItHopefullyBudgetsFilmmakerMassiveVesselIndependent Film Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather than worse. I write the film and I direct the film, I decide who's going to be in it, I decide on the editing, I put in the music from my own record collection.” WritingFilmMy OwnDemocracyRecordsDirectorsProjectsDirectTyrannyCollectionsEditingFilm Directors Author:Woody Allen
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.” PeopleKnowsWantWholeJobsRememberFilmUsedPassionEnergyCreativeRichDirectorsProjectsBiggerIndependentIntensePurityDevotedLots Of MoneyCrewRemember WhenGet RichIndependent FilmPassion And Purity Author:Amy Irving
“Salma and I had run into each other once or twice at film festivals because I was doing the press for Real Women Have Curves at the same time she was doing the press for Frida. She had seen Real Women Have Curves, and when the idea of Ugly Betty came up, she thought of me. Her enthusiasm about the project was so infectious-she spoke of it with such expectation. Everyone that was involved was really excited about the project. I really wanted to be a part of it.” IdeasRealRunningWantedFilmInvolvedProjectsExpectationsPressesExcitedUglyEnthusiasmSpokesCurvesFestivalsReal WomenFilm FestivalsFridaUgly Betty Author:America Ferrera
“My whole goal in my film career is to project a positive image on the screen, that I hope people will enjoy watching.” PeopleWholeFilmEnjoyGoalCareersProjectsScreensPositive Image Author:Chuck Norris
“I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.” ThinkingDifferentFilmIndividualStyleTvsProjectsPreferenceDifferent Styles Author:Zach Gilford
“We are shocked and saddened by Bob Casale's passing. He not only was integral in DEVO's sound, he worked over twenty years at Mutato, collaborating with me on sixty or seventy films and television shows, not to mention countless commercials and many video games. Bob was instrumental in creating the sound of projects as varied as Rugrats and Wes Anderson's films. He was a great friend. I will miss him greatly.” YearsShowsFilmGamesSoundMissingTelevisionProjectsCreatingTwentiesVideoPassingPassingsBobSixtyShockedSeventiesTelevision ShowsGreat FriendSaddenedCollaboratingFilm And Television Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“You have to be willing to put everything you've got towards the project. That to me is very important. And it may not be part of the fad, being the clichéd kind of film that's going to be successful.” KindMayImportantFilmSuccessfulWillingProjectsBeing SuccessfulFads Author:Haile Gerima
“I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.” MadeMomentsFilmDecisionHalfHavensExampleProjectsShotsTrainDefeatStuckOccasionsGoing To WorkRunaway Author:Steven Spielberg
“When I was younger, I didn’t know that I should just listen to my own voice, my own artistic sense of things when I was choosing projects, because one of the biggest creative decisions that an actor can make in the film business is what you will work on.” KnowsShouldFilmActorsVoiceMy OwnDecisionCreativeProjectsArtisticJust Listen Author:James Franco
“When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next.” HappensFilmNextTelevisionProjectsMarriedScriptsTheatreAgents Author:Dominic Monaghan
“I do have a concern about projecting. I've never projected or had any reason to project before. In fact, the camera has only gotten closer to me going from TV to film.” ReasonFactsFilmTvsProjectsConcernCameras Author:Topher Grace
“In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.” WantFilmYoungInvolvedProjectsBoat Author:Alec Baldwin
“I dont think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones arent. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsEndsWould BeFilmTurnsActorsKnowingWonderfulParticularSkillsProjectsScriptsLuxuryTomsCruiseGreat Film Author:Jonny Lee Miller
“Within the microcosm of a film you get drawn to people. There are certain projects you care enormously about, and 'The Edge Of Love' was one because I was portraying a great hero of mine, Dylan Thomas.” PeopleCareFilmCertainMinesHeroProjectsEdgesDylanMicrocosmPortrayingGreat Hero Author:Matthew Rhys
“I put so much pressure on myself to raise the bar with each and every project. I treat it like every film is my last, and I make sure I pour everything I have into every film I make because if I'm not trying to improve, someone else will.” IfsTryingLastsFilmProjectsTreatsPressureRaisesBarsRaising The Bar Author:Scott Adkins
“With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.” PeopleMenI CanDifferentWholeUseShowsFilmAbilityPlayerTeamProjectsPassionateDifferent ThingsOne ManTeam Player Author:Ice Cube
“When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.” LooksEndsStatesHelpingFilmResultsProjectsFinalsWorriedFilmmakerEmptinessEnd Results Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I've done TV for tons and tons of years, so I'm not crazy about doing more TV, but with films, all I want to do are different projects that aren't all the same.” WantYearsDifferentDoneFilmCrazyTvsProjects Author:Frank Oz