Barry Levinson

It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those…

— Barry Levinson

Now, a lot of people didn't know him at all - it went through feeder funds, so they wouldn't even have known…

— Barry Levinson

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

— Barry Levinson

At the end of the day, you can't do a copy of somebody.

— Barry Levinson

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…

— Barry Levinson

I've had a lot of movies that didn't get great numbers on test screening, but a lot of times the film was…

— Barry Levinson

You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.

— Barry Levinson

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

Creative differences are legendary in this movie business, so we're really not exploring the creative-difference aspect as opposed to the money aspect,…

— Barry Levinson

Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the…

— Barry Levinson

I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on…

— Barry Levinson

You have to do a version of somebody that's the essence of Paterno. I think that's what Al is so great at.…

— Barry Levinson

How do I make the son, daughter, wife of Paterno interesting? Then you just have to start seeing people.

— Barry Levinson

Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason -…

— Barry Levinson

We excuse movies like 'Independence Day' that really lack logic and say, 'It doesn't make any sense, but it's a ride.' I…

— Barry Levinson

Rain Man certainly didn't test really well. If you look at it carefully, you have a disease autism they didn't understand back…

— Barry Levinson

All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If…

— Barry Levinson

We're never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn't…

— Barry Levinson

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller,…

— Barry Levinson

I think we are seeing a radical shift in the business in general. The studios are making much more of the real…

— Barry Levinson

I would give the cameras to the kids in the swimming pools and they would play with them, and then I would…

— Barry Levinson

It was about a football program that brought in massive amounts of money. They're going to try to cover something up, because…

— Barry Levinson

Different reactions while film test screening doesn't mean even the audience thinks ambiguity is a bad thing. But if you're asking them…

— Barry Levinson

When I was growing up in Baltimore, the Colts were not just a team that played in the city. It was part…

— Barry Levinson

If you test Iron Man and that audience doesn't respond well, you can be damn sure that there is something wrong with…

— Barry Levinson