“National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense.” ShowsFeelingsFilmMovingIndustryRight NowHollywoodCinemaAustraliaCyclesMisleadFilm Industry Author:Peter Weir
“The biggest problem in countries that don't have a tradition in animation or a film industry, is that precisely, that it's not an industrial activity as it is in Hollywood where there are clear production procedures. Because of this we all become snipers making our films any way we can and crossing our fingers to get distribution so people can see them.” PeopleWayCountryProblemFilmClearIndustryActivityTraditionHollywoodFingersProductionsDistributionAnimationProceduresCrossingsFilm IndustrySnipers Author:Raul Garcia
“A lot of the reasons that I'm resistant to making films in the U.S. have nothing to do with not doing a film in Hollywood, but rather to do with what I'm committed to working on in the U.K. I feel very committed to the British film industry and infrastructure.” FeelsReasonFilmIndustryHollywoodCommittedBritishInfrastructureFilm IndustryBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.” NeedsShouldRealFilmPrinciplesDangerIndustryIntegrityHollywoodBritishCompromiseServantMakersRevivalFilm IndustryNever CompromiseBritish Film Author:Mike Leigh
“In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.” PeopleTryingFilmTermBreakIndustryHollywoodEnglandGood ThingsBad ThingsOpennessAppetiteSuspicionFilm Industry Author:Christopher Nolan
“If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.” IfsWritingFilmPayMillionsFailingIndustrySucceedHollywoodStatisticsBucksFartFilm Industry Author:George A. Romero