Art Quote by Patricia Arquette

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return…

— Alex Winter

This is how good movies get made and always have: from the gut instinct of the financiers, not just by committee and research.

— Alexander Payne

If your financiers care about the movie, they will be involved in a very constructive fashion, but it can get out of hand very…

— David Lowery

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly

— Laura Dern

I assumed a business like a film studio would behave like a business and still want to protect its own interests, still do the…

— Karyn Kusama

The film business seems to attract rules more than any other business. I don't know why it does. I think it's because there's so…

— Steven Knight

Films are a business. They take who's working.

— Neena Gupta

There's more movies now than ever, and competition for the entertainment dollar. These movies aren't recouping the way they used to. These little producers…

— Kurt Voss

I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get…

— Jerry Lewis

In big movies, interests are not aligned between those above the line and the financier, because above the line gets paid whether the movie…

— Jason Blum

Producers who are not just investing money but are creatively involved, add a lot more to the film.

— Sargun Mehta

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