“(on Warner Brothers) This studio has more suspensions than the Golden Gate Bridge.” BrotherStudiosGoldenBridgesGatesSuspensionWarner BrothersGolden Gate Bridge Author:Humphrey Bogart
“I love the studio. It's my place to escape and to create and to try anything.” TryingStudios Author:Nicole Scherzinger
“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
“I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.” NumbersClassGrewGrew UpCompetitionStudiosQuittingI QuitRecitals Author:Michael Angarano
“I hate going out for lunch during a workday because it slows down my pace and ruins my rhythm. I prefer to eat at my desk. Actually, I wander around the design studio with a plate in my hand as I dine on, for example, salmon sashimi and a salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. I often have a bit of dark chocolate after lunch.” HandsHateBitsDarkExampleDesignI HateStudiosRhythmRuinsWanderChocolateLunchPacePlatesGoing OutDesksSlow DownSaladTomatoesSalmonDineDark ChocolateSashimiMozzarella Author:Tom Ford
“Whether a studio partner is 50/50 with us, or we do 100%, or we do 75% or 90% and for the most part they just distribute, whether that's Warner Brothers or now Universal, it's always a unique situation. Every movie is almost like a start up company.” CompanySituationBrotherUniqueUniversalStudiosPartnersWarner Brothers Author:Thomas Tull
“Interestingly, my first director's cut was an hour and forty-one minutes. Then, the studio actually wanted to add more to the story, so we went all the way up to an hour and forty-seven minutes. After that, I made some additional cuts and now we are where we are.” WayFirstsMadeStoriesWantedHoursCuttingMinutesDirectorsAddSevenStudiosFortyOne Minute Author:Kim Jee-woon
“People have outs for numbers of episodes, usually, written into their contract. Some studios will say, "We're going to let Julia Louis-Dreyfus off of Veep to do three episodes, but not three episodes of the same show." But, that's all business affairs, so I'm talking over my head here.” PeopleShowsThreeNumbersTalkingWrittenAffairStudiosContractsEpisodesJulia Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“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
“People are piling into England, there's lots of studio films happening there. When we budget our films we multiply it by 1.55 it's much easier than when we multiply it by 2 so the cost looks a lot less in dollars, because everybody talks in dollars in terms of finance. And then the shift that I think is coming, I hope is coming, is movies made in a..."simple" is the wrong word, you visit movie sets all the time I imagine, the whole process has just got so big.” PeopleThinkingLooksMadeWholeBigsFilmProcessTermSimpleImagineEasierCostHappeningsEnglandDollarsStudiosFinanceBudgetsMovie SetsWrong Words Author:Eric Fellner
“The pay window will be: you can choose how and when you see, whether you see it on Comcast or Warner's Cable delivery system or Sky in the UK or you can buy it through Apple, or you might even buy it directly from the studio's site. Who knows? But that will be it. You'll go to the cinema and you'll find a way of digitally interacting with the piece; you'll either buy it or rent it or whatever.” KnowsWayMightPayPiecesSkyWindowStudiosCinemaApplesBe YouSiteCablesDeliveryInteracting Author:Eric Fellner
“This business is hard. People and producers and studios and finance guys get caught up in saying, "Women don't sell movies," or "This person doesn't sell foreign," or "You have to attach guys first," or "People don't want to see women do this." I've heard those things so many times that I've actually heard myself say them, a number of times.” PeopleWantFirstsPersonsHardGuyNumbersHeardSellsCaughtStudiosProducersFinanceCaught Up Author:Katee Sackhoff
“I think that running a studio gave me an appetite for making a lot of different kinds of movies and it's given me the opportunity to do that.” ThinkingKindDifferentRunningOpportunityGivenStudiosAppetiteDifferent Kinds Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“Most of my escapades were getting my Labrador dog into the back of my car to drive to Brooklyn where I worked at Avenue M Studios shooting a soap opera and battling being a 17 to 18-year-old playing twins being afraid that I was going to get fired, because who wouldn't fire me? I had no idea what I was doing.” YearsIdeasFireDogCarStudiosShootingNo IdeaOperaTwinsSoapAvenuesBrooklynBeing AfraidSoap OperasLabrador DogsLabradorsEscapade Author:Anne Heche
“When you see the documentary, you'll see that there were parallels. Michael and I both wanted Daniel Craig, and it was the same as it was for Cubby and Harry when they wanted Sean [Connery]. The studio wanted a star and wanted an American, and wanted this and that, but they determined, "No, it's Sean Connery."” WantedStarsStudiosDeterminedDocumentariesParallelsSean Author:Barbara Broccoli
“Well, that's the great thing about indie film, in general. If it's not subject to the constraints of too much pressure from the studio or marketing, and all of that, you get to actually present fuller characters and you get to have the dark side of the characters. That's usually what gets cut out.” IfsWellsCharacterFilmSidesDarkToo MuchCuttingSubjectsPressureMarketingStudiosGreat ThingsConstraintsDark SideIndie Films Author:Ty Burrell
“The good thing about the studio is that, when the movie comes out, they will put their marketing and their money behind it, which isn't necessarily true with indie movies, just by the nature of it being an independent film.” FilmBehindsIndependentGood ThingsMarketingStudiosIndependent FilmIndie Movie Author:Jamie Linden
“It's always bittersweet when you have a show that you own, that's against you. It's against one of our favorite comedies for NBC. And yes, that's part of the business model. House was on the Fox network for a number of years and was such a great business for the NBC-owned studio. That's part of what we're also trying to build. Hopefully, Mindy will help do that for us.” TryingYearsHelpingShowsHouseNumbersComedyModelsStudiosHopefullyFoxesBittersweetBusiness ModelsGreat BusinessNbc Author:Robert Greenblatt
“Every project is different. When I'm working on my albums, I've worked with different producers and they've all had different personalities. The recording studio sets the vibe, and that changes as well.” WellsDifferentPersonalityProjectsAlbumsStudiosProducersRecording Studio Author:Diego Boneta
“I absolutely love television. What's so great about TV is that I can tell 20 stories in a year. If I was working at a feature studio, I'd tell 1% of someone else's story, over the course of four years.” IfsYearsI CanStoriesCoursesFourTelevisionTvsStudiosFeaturesFour Years Author:Alex Hirsch
“Yeah, it was always a low-budget passion project. It's my directing debut. I've always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it, but it's not a big studio movie. It was an experiment that turned out better than I thought.” BigsWantedPassionProjectsLowsYeahStudiosExperimentsBudgetsDebut Author:Matt Walsh
“In fact, most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working.” DoneFactsEuropeHollywoodStudiosGoing Out Author:Ciaran Hinds
“You need somebody to have the idea, you need somebody who can deal with the studio and the normal things, but it's too different of a credit. That credit is usually given to the executive producer. It's not the producer.” NeedsIdeasDifferentGivenDealsNormalStudiosCreditProducersExecutivesNormal Things Author:Rick McCallum
“To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible, easily. If you think about it, even ten years ago or twenty years ago, there was a middle man, there was a publisher, there were studios, there was this world of rejection letters. Now, we're in a place where we have the technology and the ability to go shoot our own movies or to put stuff on YouTube or a blog, if you're a writer, or self-publish.” IfsThinkingMenWorldYearsSelfAbleStuffAbilityTechnologyWonderfulMiddleThis WorldTenYears AgoLettersTwentiesStudiosRejectionVisiblePublishersPublishBlogsYoutubeWonderful TimesAspiring WritersRejection Letters Author:Diablo Cody
“I don't know if I have some kind of defiance disorder or something, but if I'm hired to write something by "The Man," or by a studio, for whatever reason, it's really hard for me to finish. I inevitably wind up using that time to write something else.” IfsKnowsMenWritingKindHardReasonHe ManWindStudiosDisorderDefiance Author:Diablo Cody
“I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all just focused on making the best possible movie we could, and earning the right to do more.” GamesDirectorsHungerCastsStudiosFocusedCrewEarning Author:Nina Jacobson
“I hadn't been there [Comic-Con] before. It's pretty eye-opening, when you haven't been there, just with the sheer amount of fans that are there for different shows and films. It's like a big fan symposium, in a way, as well a way for film studios and television studios to really promote their product to their loyal audience base. It was an experience.” WayWellsDifferentShowsBigsEyeFilmAudienceFansHavensTelevisionProductsAmountStudiosOpeningComicLoyalSheerEye OpeningComic ConSymposiumPretty Eyes Author:Dustin Clare
“When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.” WholeHoursRecordsPositionProduceAlbumsStudiosHumbleBureaucracyPhilipRecording Studio Author:John Lennon
“If you're an unknown artist you're lucky to get an hour in a studio - it's a hierarchy and if you don't have hits, you don't get recorded again.” IfsArtistHoursLuckyStudiosHierarchy Author:John Lennon
“You write a screenplay and then everybody is going to want to get in on it and we have to figure that out. I've written three screenplays that are at studios and I still haven't been making them yet so there is always something that is either going to trip something up or maybe get another pass.” WantWritingStillsThreeWrittenHavensFiguresStudiosScreenplays Author:Craig Brewer
“It's weird because when you initially write a song, you write it with no understanding that the world is maybe going to hear it one day. So when you go into the studio, you don't see the hundreds of people at a gig or the viewers on TV, you just write a song without any inhibitions or boundaries.” PeopleWorldWritingSongUnderstandingTvsOne DayStudiosBoundariesViewersGigsInhibitions Author:Jessie J
“When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be, like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'” WantWritingKidsSongDressesStudios Author:Taylor Swift
“I think I'm wealthy. I make a good living for what I do. Well, it depends. If I'm doing an independent film I'm making no money - probably losing money. But if I'm doing a studio film, I'll make a decent wage. I can live for a year without working.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsI CanFilmDependsLosingIndependentStudiosDecentWealthyNo MoneyIndependent FilmGood LivingLosing Money Author:Eric Stoltz
“I met Jason Donovan at RAK studios. He had jodphurs on and small riding boots as he jumped out of the cab. He looked just like me!” MetsStudiosLike MeBootsRidingJasonCab Author:Robert Plant
“Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin I and II are classics. As a player he's very good in the studio, but I've never seen him play well live. He's sloppy. He plays like he's got a broken hand and he's two years old. If you put out a good album and play like a two year old, what's the purpose?” IfsYearsWellsTwoPlayHandsPurposePlayerBrokenPagesVery GoodAlbumsStudiosProducersExcellentTwo YearsJimmySloppyZeppelinsTwo Year Olds Author:Eddie Van Halen
“I was a rhythmic and athletic gymnast for a little while. Then, when I quit gymnastics, I fell in love with yoga. So sometimes I think I'd like to open up a yoga studio.” ThinkingLittlesSometimesYogaStudiosQuittingAthleticGymnasticsI QuitGymnast Author:Nina Dobrev
“Goddess was made in my home in France. The material retained an integrity whit it would have lost in Los Angeles studio.” MadeHomeLostMaterialsIntegrityStudiosFranceLos AngelesGoddess Author:Mick Jagger
“You don't always do the same things you've done the night before. That's what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.” DoneNightInterestingStudios Author:Mick Jagger
“Hollywood wouldn't suit me. In L.A. it's all about work - studio people have their five minutes with you and they go, 'Oh mah Gahd, I love your movie.' You just feel very self-conscious there.” PeopleFeelsSelfFiveMinutesLove YouConsciousHollywoodStudiosSuitsFive MinutesSelf Conscious Author:Eva Green
“You realize, this is not just a little studio we go to make these television episodes. This thing is reaching everybody in the world! Suddenly you realize the power of television.” WorldLittlesRealizingTelevisionStudiosReachingEpisodes Author:Jamie Farr
“I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.” IfsFeelsActorsBlameStudiosComplainingOver You Author:John C. Reilly
“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
“When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment.” PeopleWantFeelsMomentsOrderSpecialParticularConnectionsStudiosWarmMysticImprovising Author:Twyla Tharp
“Nobody's good. I hate it. I truly hate it. I mean, there's a lot of guys doing stuff I admire, but stand-up-wise I feel very alone. I really miss Bill Hicks. I wish I could have put him on my show. And I really miss Sam Kinison a lot. Richard Pryor's sick... It's like you get here and then, oh wait a minute, there's nobody here any more. I feel like the guy who finally got into Studio 54, three years too late, Duh, where are all the famous people?” PeopleFeelsYearsMeanShowsGuyHateThreeWishStuffWaitingWiseMinutesMissingLike YouLateSickI HateBillsStudiosAdmireToo LateThree YearsDuhHicksStudio 54 Author:Chris Rock
“I want to always be an interloper. I never want to feel like I'm a guy who is embraced by the people who are putting me on the air. I want to feel like I broke into the studio and took over and made them mad. If I'm not doing that, I'm not doing my job.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsMadeJobsGuyAirMadStudiosBroke Author:Bill Maher
“You can never capture a person in picture, never. You might get an interesting expression or gesture. I almost never research a picture subject ahead of time. I think Karsh is full of baloney. Can you imagine spending a whole week out in La Jolla with Jonas Salk soaking up his ambiance, then wind up making him look as if he's in the studio in Ottawa with his thumb under his chin?” IfsThinkingLooksPersonsWholeMightInterestingImagineWeekSubjectsExpressionWindResearchStudiosSpendingCaptureGesturesThumbsChinsAhead Of TimeSoakingBaloneyOttawaAmbiance Author:Duane Michals
“Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to blacks for other things outside of blues and barbecue. He's a total musician. He was the pioneer, he was the foundation. He made it possible for that doubt to be taken away.” MadeEyeTakenDoubtMusicianFoundationStudiosProducersMade ItPioneersCarterBarbecue Author:Quincy Jones
“I spent two years telling studio heads that it wasn't a cancer picture. I hate cancer pictures. I don't want to see a cancer picture. There is only one thing worth saying about cancer, and that is that there are human beings in cancer wards.” WantYearsHumansTwoHateHuman BeingsOne ThingI HateCancerStudiosTwo Years Author:James L. Brooks
“In 1916, when Johnny Heartfield and I invented photomontage in my studio at the south end of the town at five o'clock one May morning, we had no idea of the immense possibilities, or of the thorny but successful career, that awaited the new invention. On a piece of cardboard we pasted a mishmash of advertisements for hernia belts, student song books and dog food, labels from schnaps and wine bottles, and photographs from picture papers, cut up at will in such a way as to say, in pictures, what would have been banned by the censors if we had said it in words.” IfsWayMayHas BeensSaidBookIdeasEndsSongCareersMorningSuccessfulFivePiecesCuttingDogPossibilityStudentsPaperTownsWineSouthPhotographStudiosInventionLabelsNo IdeaClockBottlesImmensePapersBeltsAdvertisementsBannedSuccessful CareerNew InventionsDog FoodHerniasPaper Cuts Author:George Grosz
“The most abiding memory of visiting Lucian Freud's studio were his eyes, with the gimlet gaze of a Hooded Falcon. But he made for very relaxing company, quick to be amused at the world and his own peccadilloes. He enjoyed the seedy squalor of his rooms in a posh house in the most desirable part of Holland Park, and living up to his persona as an oddball bohemian.” WorldMadeEyeHouseMemoriesRoomsCompanyStudiosEnjoyedHis EyesParksDesirableAbidingPersonaVisitingAmusedHollandBohemianFalconPoshSqualorOddballsGimlets Book:Babble Source: Babble