"It's not that I don't want to, it's……" — John Landis

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no… - John Landis

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that there's no money in it. By that I mean the way the video business works now, the artist and the record label send out a song to a bunch of different directors and say, 'What would you do with this?' Then everyone has to come up with an idea and bid on it. For me, it's like, 'Hey, you want me to do it? Then pay me. I'm not auditioning for you.'"

— John Landis

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