After Quote by Dean Devlin

We did the original 'Stargate' as an independent movie. It was a surprise success. Shortly before the movie came out, the financiers who were…

— Dean Devlin

I think if we did 'Stargate' right, the fans would like it, and we could do something really good. But if we screw it…

— Dean Devlin

The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like…

— Sean Penn

We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.

— Olivia De Havilland

The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. And that was the real disappointment of the time. You'd see great writer-directors in…

— Parker Posey

We did not see ourselves as remaking cinema at the time, at least not in my view. Myself and the other actors were not…

— Anna Karina

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.

— Jackie Collins

There's not one film that I've ever made that could get made today by a studio, not one - even 'A Few Good Men'…

— Rob Reiner

Many films you see in theaters are financed through outside sources. With big films, the studio will pay, hoping to reap the reward of…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by…

— Renny Harlin

Even after I had just done Twilight, which made $400 million at the worldwide box office, I could not get financing for three or…

— Catherine Hardwicke

The corporation and the hedge funds have a hold on Hollywood, and they all want to make money on anything that signifies cinema.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu