When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
When I started, every film got a full theatrical distribution. Today, almost no low budget films, maybe two or three a year, will get a full theatrical distribution. We've been frozen out of that, which means they must be aware… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
When I started I had no knowledge of films whatsoever. I was an engineering major at Stanford. And I found out as a senior… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
I'm not going to shoot seven days a week. I think it's counterproductive. I think you're going to have people stumbling around after a… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
I was young, so I was part of youth culture. The years went by, I became older and no longer part of youth culture,… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
I think anybody who's working in a creative medium is working partially with their conscious mind, partially with their unconscious mind. So, my unconscious… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
There was a fairly big difference between Detroit and Beverly Hills. I remember this. Detroit actually was a prosperous bustling city when we moved… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
I do believe motion pictures are the significant art form of our time. And I think the main reason is, they're an art form… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
I remember the first film I reviewed for the Daily was a John Ford Western. I think it was My Darling Clementine, but I… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
There's always something that draws you away from the original script. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
Somebody who moved up very fast was Jim Cameron, who was a young guy out of - I think he came from Arizona, from… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today,… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
