I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
I think that technological tools that filmmakers use to tell stories, in a perfect world, need to become invisible. When it's brand new and it's never been seen before and you're birthing this stuff, it's very much on people's minds. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing.… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
I'm very concerned that we don't make movies that are original anymore. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Most actors that I work with are wonderful. Jodie Foster or Tom Hanks will make anything work. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
I'm really tired of making these huge, over-$100 million movies where they literally mean life and death for a studio. It's really rough making… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Because movies have gotten so expensive, and they're so expensive to market, that means that for a movie to break even or to make… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. And it'll be to change… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
