Producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might, but they don't. Even the actors don't. Even the studio heads don't, because they're beholden to this corporation… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Everybody's trying to hold onto some shred of dignity in the process of it all, and, at the same time, never talking about how they don't have the power. No one has the power. So, you know, producers - we… — 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 Image
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 Image
You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion. — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen. — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
