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- Nov 07, 2020
Film Business Quotes
Behind every film is a business deciding what gets made.
These film business quotes come from actors who describe the tension between studio numbers and the kind of work that actually makes them proud. Read more in our Business quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think I'm making films in the film business where movies are making enough numbers for the studios to let me keep working, but you also want those films to have content that makes you proud you made the film. That's not easy, but it's a fun puzzle to figure out.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.
- Dissimilar
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- Nov 07, 2020
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient.
- Brick Wall
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people I know in the film business here in New York, the moms and the dads, just take different turns working. So everybody's a working parent, and nobody bats an eyelash at it.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my real life I live in the countryside, I walk a lot, I shoot clay pigeons, I don't get involved in the film business or anything, and then in my cinematic life, I think I am drawn to the dark side.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done very well in the film business. Whenever I have wanted something, the film business has given it to me. I'm very fortunate. My big problem in life has always been, 'What do I want?'
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt.
- Favorite Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite part of the film business is the research part, with the access we get from people who are excited to be involved and the things we get to see and do, which we're not normally going to get in everyday life.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look: You're not gonna become a millionaire doing this, but that was never the point. And I think a lot of people in the indie film business kind of took their eye off of that.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020