There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in creating parameters for creativity. I think parameters make people more creative. So that starts with my budgets.… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Occasionally I'll be a producer for hire on a larger budget movie, but with Blumhouse Pictures, we mainly focus on micro-budget, under-$5-million-dollar… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
All of our movies are lower budget, and that makes them more interesting, too: we have to come up with solutions other… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I wish that more people were willing to turn down upfront money in exchange for doing things that are more original. Turning… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I have a real kind of fundamental philosophical belief that movies are better if everyone gets paid when they work, and if they don't… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I'm attracted to things that make a point or have a certain point of view, but it's not a conscious thing that I decide… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I wasn't a fanboy of horror. I didn't grow up on horror movies. I grew up loving all movies. I still love all movies,… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of… — Jason Blum Copy Share
'Paranormal Activity' had fifty versions because it was $250 to reshoot. We'd screen it, see one thing wrong, shoot for an hour, fix it,… — Jason Blum Copy Share
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative… — Jason Blum Copy Share
If you go to business school, and you put a product out there in the world, and it's working, the logic is to keep… — Jason Blum Copy Share
It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business. — Jason Blum Copy Share
I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand. — Jason Blum Copy Share
The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums… — Jason Blum Copy Share
