Able Quote by Michel Ocelot

Not only do the Americans not defend our films, they buy them up just for remakes. It is shameful to kneel at their feet.

— Jean-Paul Belmondo

I don't care where I work. Films are an international business - not an American institution.

— Lee Van Cleef

It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear…

— Woody Allen

I have made more good films than anyone else in the country.

— Mahesh Bhatt

There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.

— Tom Hardy

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

— Arthur Cohn

Production-wise, it is difficult to shoot an entire film in the U.S. It's logistically difficult, as getting permission takes time, and it is also…

— Naga Chaitanya

I've been told my movies are difficult to market.

— Nicolas Roeg

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management…

— Anthony LaPaglia

I have always had a problem releasing my films.

— Vivek Agnihotri

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.

— Michel Ocelot

Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's…

— Irwin Winkler