Stand Ground Quotes by Peter Bart

Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

— Peter Bart

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

— Peter Bart

Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas -…

— Peter Bart

The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to…

— Peter Bart

A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.

— Peter Bart

Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate…

— Peter Bart

The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.

— Peter Bart

The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.

— Peter Bart

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant…

— Peter Bart

Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO…

— Peter Bart

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it…

— Peter Bart

One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone.

— Peter Bart

Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals.

— Peter Bart

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

— Peter Bart

We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.

— Peter Bart