Renny Harlin

Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in…

— Renny Harlin

My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial…

— Renny Harlin

I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's…

— Renny Harlin

I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.

— Renny Harlin

When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don't necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting,…

— Renny Harlin

At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we…

— Renny Harlin

I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we…

— Renny Harlin

This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking…

— Renny Harlin

I think that villains who are just brawn, muscles and weapons are boring. So I always try to find intelligence in my…

— Renny Harlin

Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel…

— Renny Harlin

I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.

— Renny Harlin

Sometimes you get involved in a film because you just love making movies and you want to keep working. Sometimes you're lucky…

— Renny Harlin

Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where…

— Renny Harlin

I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the…

— Renny Harlin

I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to…

— Renny Harlin

I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a…

— Renny Harlin

Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes.

— Renny Harlin

I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.

— Renny Harlin

When I follow my heart, usually the results are good.

— Renny Harlin

In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.

— Renny Harlin

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

— Renny Harlin

A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They…

— Renny Harlin

I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films.

— Renny Harlin

It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry…

— Renny Harlin

Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the…

— Renny Harlin