Sometimes you get involved in a film because you just love making movies and you want to keep working. Sometimes you're lucky enough to find something that you really care about. Therefore, now I'm emphasizing developing my own projects and… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them. — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English -… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything. — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don't necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting, I've learned… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we were never… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films,… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I think that villains who are just brawn, muscles and weapons are boring. So I always try to find intelligence in my villains and… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
Sometimes you get involved in a film because you just love making movies and you want to keep working. Sometimes you're lucky enough to… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
