Capitalism Quote by Paul Schrader

If the American public is so into morality in movies, why don't they throw more of their disposable income at religious-themed entertainment? For every…

— John Ridley

A financial shift happened with 'Facing the Giants' and 'Fireproof,' where movies that were faith-based films were profitable. And people in Hollywood - like…

— John Schneider

There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by…

— Renny Harlin

The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from the big…

— John Updike

There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political rallies or in fortuneteller parlors and on…

— Ben Hecht

Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where…

— Yahoo Serious

Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on…

— Willem Dafoe

People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it's…

— Alan Arkin

At the end of the day, it's a business; people want to make money. That's the intention with every film. It happens for some…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days…

— Gary Oldman

The economy of film forces you to make choices.

— Mike Birbiglia

The movie business has been in enormous flux. It's always changing, and you've got to scramble. The Internet came along and devoured the DVD…

— Stephen Gaghan