If you test Iron Man and that audience doesn't respond well, you can be damn sure that there is something wrong with the movie that you have to address. Because they're expecting a certain amount of action, right? They want… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
Now, a lot of people didn't know him at all - it went through feeder funds, so they wouldn't even have known anything about… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion. — Barry Levinson Copy Share
I'm interested in the relationships of people. I'm interested in the darker moments within us. All those aspects of human behavior, I'm fascinated by.… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
I've had a lot of movies that didn't get great numbers on test screening, but a lot of times the film was able to… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds. — Barry Levinson Copy Share
Creative differences are legendary in this movie business, so we're really not exploring the creative-difference aspect as opposed to the money aspect, or the… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on that level. — Barry Levinson Copy Share
You have to do a version of somebody that's the essence of Paterno. I think that's what Al is so great at. You have… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
How do I make the son, daughter, wife of Paterno interesting? Then you just have to start seeing people. — Barry Levinson Copy Share
Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason - not even… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
We excuse movies like 'Independence Day' that really lack logic and say, 'It doesn't make any sense, but it's a ride.' I thought a… — Barry Levinson Copy Share
