All Renny Harlin Quotes
- A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back… Any
- Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit. Big
- I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered… Became
- Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that… Action
- I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America. America
- I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland. Every Movie
- I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here. Able
- I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials… All
- This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but… Around Smoking
- In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do. Degree
- Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't… Any
- There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the… Deal
- I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything. Advertising
- I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films. Film
- You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just… Challenges
- You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to… Audience
- What I learned most was how to tell a story in 15 seconds or 30 seconds or 60 seconds - to have some kind of… Goal
- I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences. Learned
- At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we were never able… Able
- Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was… Called
- Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living… All
- I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no experience… Able
- I've continued to always keep in mind having a healthy does of that in Hollywood, now that I am part of the system and obviously… Always Keep
- It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at… 80s
- My very, very first professional job was when I was 19 years old - I got a job doing an educational industrial film on Shell… Educational