Moviemaking Quotes

I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.

A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly.

It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.

I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

In Hollywood, moviemaking used to be about escaping reality to go to the movies.