“The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or made in England about working-class life, given that those are the people who go to movies.” PeopleHas BeensMadeStillsReasonStoriesFilmGivenClassSuccessfulWrittenIndustryEnglandWake UpVarietyShockWorking ClassFilm IndustrySuccessful Work Author:Stephen Daldry
“My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.” PeopleTwoStoriesShowsProblemHoursPartyHalfTelevisionCollegeIndustryCommitmentBackgroundsLifelongIrritatedHalf Hours Author:Jessica Valenti
“When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be like, "Hey, I'm Mike Tyson. My mother and father was in the sex industry." That's the politically correct way to say it, but I would really say, "My mother and father were pimps and whores. This is my life." I could never do that as Mike Tyson. Because I'd feel sorry for myself. But if I could be objective about it and be somebody else, portraying Mike Tyson, saying this story, then it's easy sailing.” IfsWayFeelsStoriesMotherFatherSexEasyStageGoes OnIndustrySorryObjectivesHeyIf I CouldSailingMikeMother And FatherPolitically CorrectTysonPortrayingDoing MePimp Author:Mike Tyson
“In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery comedies, horror and thrillers, teen movies and love-stories. All these and more will be a positive step towards the future of Native Americans in the world and film industry; an industry that that offers us not only the chance to play the parts of heroes, love interests and warriors, but also of villains, dorks and dangerous, brokenhearted products of circumstance.” PeopleWorldNeedsEndsPlayStoriesFilmFoundInterestChanceStepsComedyDangerousProductsIndustryHeroCircumstancesHorrorOffersAnd LoveLove StoryWarriorNativeVillainNative AmericanIgnoredGrossMockeryThrillersFilm IndustryDead EndsDorkBrokenheartedMovies And LoveFound Dead Author:Misty Upham
“I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few years that there is a certain ceiling that a woman filmmaker can reach. I don't believe that it's sexism per se, but there are certain expectations in the industry about what films should be, how they should be made, what stories they should tell, and it's a habit, it's a tradition.” ThinkingShouldTryingBelieveLooksMadeStoriesFilmCertainInfluenceIndustryHabitExpectationsTraditionDon't BelieveFilmmakerSexismCeilings Author:Signe Baumane