“The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K.” AmericaFilmUsedIndustryInternationalBoundariesUsed To BeFranceAppealsPotMeltingFilm IndustryMelting PotAmerican Movie Author:Howard Stringer
“It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV actor or a movie actor. Today, there's a lot of crossover with film actors doing television, which never happened before, so those lines are a little bit more blurred than they used to be.” KindLittlesTodayFilmUsedActorsBitsLinesHappenedOne ThingStageTelevisionTvsLittle BitUsed To BeCrossoverMovie ActorsFilm ActorsStage Actors Author:Aaron Tveit
“The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on campuses. Those places are all gone.” ShowsAbleFilmUsedInterestingGoneWorstUsed To BeWorst ThingsCampus Author:Richard Linklater
“Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?” ThinkingWellsRunningFilmUsedEffectsTelevisionIndustryUsed To BeDigitalVisionariesFilm And TelevisionTelevision Industry Author:Bill Mumy
“I love the new technology in terms of giving access to doing more independent work. When I first started out, any film had to rent from Panavision and the expenses were humongous. Now, given the advances in technology, you can put out extraordinary quality filmmaking at nothing like the price it used to be.” GivingFirstsFilmUsedGivenTermQualityTechnologyIndependentExtraordinaryAccessUsed To BeExpensesFilmmakingNew Technology Author:Kathleen Turner
“Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt about... whatever. Now we're walking out of the cinema really not thinking about anything, other than the fact that the Hulk had a fight with a robot.” ThinkingFactsMightFilmUsedFightingFeltChallengesWalksMoralJourneyEmotionalWalkingUsed To BeCinemaRobotsEvaluateWalking Out Author:Simon Pegg