Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
We've always actually been remarkably commercially successful. Not in terms of making huge amounts of money, which we rarely do, but in terms of not losing money and making modest amounts of money. We're actually strangely consistent in that respect. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
That cowboy look - the hat and the bandana - that's not a fashion statement. That clothing is purely practical. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
What is striking in Minnesota is the invisible horizon line. On a grey day, when there's snow on the ground, the sky and the… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
Is this business any worse than any other business? It's not especially bad. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
We used to watch the muscle movies on Saturday matinees, such as 'Hercules Unchained.' Then we'd go outside and do a remake of it. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
