Available Quote by John Sayles

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

— Jack Nicholson

The fact is some people really love my work, some people not so much, but at the end of the day, I don't want…

— Joss Whedon

The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot…

— Andrew Davies

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as…

— Robert Towne

On a movie, you have a great time, and you're really enjoying the work, and then everybody is done and goes their separate ways,…

— Denis Leary

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

— Martha Plimpton

You have to resist falling in love with the money they [producers] want to give you. You have to really resist that, and you…

— Ice Cube

If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in.

— Emma Donoghue

I write the script; nobody sees it, not the people that put the money in the picture. I cast who I want, and make…

— Woody Allen

Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with…

— Robert De Niro

Early in your career, you feel like there is a formula, a path you have to take. You have to do this movie because…

— James Marsden

Often, people who want to make interesting films simply don't have the money to do it.

— Emily Browning