“The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.” WantBiggerRemainsStudiosCoreScopeDescendingMovie Business Author:Joel Silver
“We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy.” WholeMomentsBusinessCrazyMadnessLive In The MomentMovie Business Author:Javier Bardem
“Any good business person applies financial discipline to everything they do. The movie business is and should be no different; I don't believe you have to sacrifice creativity to have business success. To the contrary, great art requires discipline.” ShouldBelievePersonsArtDifferentCreativitySacrificeDisciplineDon't BelieveFinancialContraryBusiness SuccessGreat ArtGood BusinessMovie BusinessBusiness PersonI Don't Believe YouFinancial Discipline Author:Paula Wagner
“See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business.” BusinessFortunateMovie Business Author:Chuck Zito
“The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film - whether it's history, psychology, economics, or architecture - so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn't going to help you unless you have something to say.” WorldHelpingMotivationalFilmSecretPsychologySubjectsSkillsEconomicsArchitectureGood EducationMovie Business Author:George Lucas
“You’ll find that the movie business is paid for by those mega movies. The movie business is paid for by Big Macs. By movies as product. Movie studios use that term “product” all the time. Product? You mean you have a lot of stories? No, we have a lot of product. You have stories.” MeanStoriesUseBigsTermProductsPaidStudiosMacsMovie BusinessMegaBig Mac Author:David Fincher
“You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.” KnowsExpectedMovie Business Author:Christopher Atkins
“There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.” PeopleProcessResultsCreativeInvolvedCreative ProcessMore MoneyMusic BusinessMovie Business Author:Adam Duritz
“I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.” WorldTvsMy FamilyMovie Business Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.” ChildrenLittlesIdeasTogetherParentBornDadMy DadEightStoresTinyRussiaNineGrandmotherChicagoMy GrandmotherGroceriesGrocery StoresMovie Business Author:Bob Balaban
“I left Mexico for artistic survival. If I had stayed, I would have been forced by the government, who control the movie business, to direct TV shows or commercials or infomercials for the government.” IfsHas BeensShowsGovernmentLeftTvsSurvivalDirectArtisticMexicoTv ShowsMovie BusinessInfomercials Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“Rome is magic, it's like being in Hollywood. But the difference between Hollywood and Rome is that here you don't have just the movie business. The movie business is so little, so you also have the choice to hang out with people who do different kinds of business.” PeopleKindLittlesDifferentChoicesDifferencesMagicHollywoodHanging OutRomeDifferent KindsMovie Business Author:Maria Grazia Cucinotta
“It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct.” WayNeedsSubjectsMaterialsDirectAssignmentsEclecticMovie Business Author:John Frankenheimer