“I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.” DifferentEnjoyIndustryLuckyOriginalsMy FavoriteEntertainmentStudiosThings To DoArenaFavorites ThingsEntertainment IndustryOriginal Music Author:Bill Mumy
“There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered almost at times existential high action, high drama surreal film that's sort of locked in his mind. And then have an opportunity to do that.” ThinkingMindActionWantedFilmOpportunityIndustryDramaDirectorsStudiosLockedExistentialSurreal Author:Christopher Nolan
“What's exciting about the Bay Area, is that people are not waiting for permission from the industry to make movies - unlike Los Angeles or New York, where you can get stuck into that desire of raising a big budget, or working with the studios.” PeopleBigsDesireWaitingNew YorkIndustryAreasExcitingStudiosStuckBudgetsLos AngelesPermissionBay Area Author:Matthew Jacobs
“The audience has realized how much money the studios make from games now. They're making more money from games than they are from feature films. I mean this is a massive industry. It's still in its infancy. So I really feel lucky to be a part of it.” FeelsMeanStillsFilmGamesAudienceIndustryLuckyStudiosFeaturesMassiveMore MoneyInfancy Author:Kevin Conroy
“The way I formed my studio and how I organize things actually came out of the model of the Japanese animation studio and the manga industry. The manga industry is gigantic in Japan.” WayIndustryModelsStudiosJapanOrganizeAnimationJapanese Animation Author:Takashi Murakami
“I guess for major film industry players a film is a money making devise, so using formulas assures them that their investment will have returns. A lot of big studio films are created by formulas and committees, stripping away any individuality or personality from the work so that they could appeal to most everyone on there planet but to no one in particular.” BigsFilmPlayerParticularPlanetsPersonalityIndustryReturnMajorsInvestmentIndividualityStudiosMaking MoneyAppealsFormulasCommitteesFilm IndustryStrippingStripping Away Author:Signe Baumane
“When the film and music industries declined in the wake of increasingly conservative Muslim laws and social customs in Pakistan, many of these musicians found themselves out of work. They were brought together at Sachal Studios by Izzat Majeed, who built the studio in order to preserve these musical traditions.” TogetherFilmLawOrderFoundSocialIndustryMusicianBuiltTraditionMusicalConservativeStudiosPreservesCustomsPakistanMusic IndustryFilm And Music Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.” IfsWantFeelsImportantHardFeelingsActorsFieldsIndustryHorseCompetitionStudiosHard TimesRacingSympatheticHorse Racing Author:Alan Arkin
“Then something fails and they're all out again, but DVD revenue is disappearing, you know, it's not disappearing but it's going off a cliff and what that's done is it's polarized the industry in a way that I've never seen before where studios are making less, they're bifurcating their choices where they're either going very, very big or they're just picking up a few rights on an acquisition basis or making really small things.” KnowsWayDoneBigsChoicesRightsFailingIndustryBasesStudiosDisappearRevenueSmall ThingsCliffsAcquisitionDvds Author:Eric Fellner
“There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best writers and a lot of them were women at the time. This was in the thirties and forties, to make product for the people who were under contract, who were their assets to the studios. But that doesn't exist anymore - and as a result, the people who are in the industry write products that interest them.” PeopleWritingInterestResultsProductsIndustryStudiosFortyAssetsContractsCommodity Author:Sally Field
“When I'm in the studio I just try to zone out and not think of whatever is in the industry, if it sounds too much like someone else, I have a tendency to erase it.” IfsThinkingTryingSoundToo MuchIndustryStudiosTendenciesZoneErase Author:Rahki
“The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning.” Has BeensIndustryMeetingsStudiosCaliforniaMovie Industry Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“In terms of the way the industry operates, the studio system was such its own thing. It's so different now that it's a globalized world.” WorldWayDifferentTermIndustryStudios Author:Karina Longworth
“For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.” TryingWellsImportantDifferentMatterAbleActionFilmChallengesComedyChangedTvsIndustryDramaCrossesIndependentStudiosMediumsGenreDifferent ThingsPushingToesHere And ThereHindsightIndependent FilmDipDifferent GenresChallenging Myself Author:Michelle Monaghan