“One of the amazing things about the Internet is that the content creators are the gatekeepers. We can think of an idea and execute it quickly, and we didn't have to pitch the idea to a major network or convince a studio head to sign-off on the concept.” ThinkingIdeasInternetMajorsConceptsCreatorStudiosConvinceAmazing ThingsGatekeepersSigning Off Author:Ray William Johnson
“In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you. In Hollywood the weatherman gets a shooting schedule from all the major studios and then figures out where he can fit in a little rain without upsetting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer too much.” LittlesFunnyToo MuchFiguresFitMajorsRainHollywoodEnglandStudiosWeatherShootingCaliforniaUpsetSchedulesMetroWeathermenMayer Author:Bob Hope
“There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the head of a studio or the head of an organization, a major newspaper, a major factory or company, of people who stay too long, maybe, and overstay their usefulness.” PeopleLongUseTodayCompanyMajorsOrganizationStudiosNewspapersErasFactoriesParallelsUsefulnessHooverSociety TodayJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“For Twilight, I wasn't thinking it was going to be a crazy success, or anything. It had been rejected by all the major studios. Nobody wanted to make it and they didn't think it would make any money, but I read the book and I thought, "Wow, I want to capture that feeling of just being crazy in love. I wonder if I can do that in a film." That was my challenge.” IfsThinkingWantI CanBookFeelingsWantedFilmCan DoChallengesWonderCrazyMajorsStudiosCaptureWowTwilightJust BeingRejectedBeing CrazyCrazy Love Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it - I didn't give a damn who. I just couldn't accept art as a committee. I could only accept art as an extension of an individual.” MenGivingShouldArtFilmIndividualAcceptingEnemyDirectorsMajorsStudiosDamnOne ManCommitteesExtensions Author:Frank Capra
“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
“By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.” FirstsFilmLinesPayAttentionMajorsMarkStudiosPay AttentionFoxes Author:Shirley Temple
“I guess that's the major difference between '80s-club Madonna and today's Madonna is she can get anyone she wants to show up in the studio for her.” WantShowsTodayDifferencesMajorsClubsStudios80s Author:Mike Pesca
“For context, the budget of Don Jon is about half the budget of (500) Days of Summer. And (500) Days of Summer is about a third of the budget of the lowest-budget movies produced at a major studio.” HalfSummerMajorsThirdsStudiosBudgetsLowest Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus.” WantGivingMajorsStudiosPlusLoan Author:Sean Penn