Believer Quote by Jason Blum

There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative…

— Jason Blum

When people talk about how parameters can generate really good work, there's no better example than working within a genre in film. That's like…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make…

— Mark Sheppard

When you make a movie for a really low budget, it makes you really strict. You have to plan things down to the tiniest…

— Jon Watts

I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate…

— Oren Peli

Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles…

— Henry Selick

There's so often - in filmmaking, you're backed into something that already has these set parameters, whether it's a sequel or a book that…

— Jonathan Levine

You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's…

— Chris Pratt

I like to see films that come out with lower budgets because you're forced into using your imagination. You don't have everything at your…

— Heath Ledger

The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes,…

— Francis Ford Coppola

We have to accept that making movies is a never-ending process of occasional progress, frequent setbacks, and unexpected curveballs being thrown our way. Navigating…

— Karyn Kusama

When you raise the budget, you make creative compromises. The higher the budget goes, the more cuts in your movie happen. When people talk…

— Jason Blum