Because Quote by Penelope Spheeris

There's a long history of people who spent that $300,000 on their first film and weren't quite ready, and then they never did it…

— Richard Linklater

The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of…

— Richard O'Brien

I got to learn from the American audience. Hearing what it is they're not getting. These are audiences, 35 to 40, an older demographic…

— Peter Riegert

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to…

— Harvey Weinstein

When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'.…

— Ralph Brown

We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

They put all this money into these huge films and then no one goes to see them. That sort of shows they're out of…

— Zach Braff

They said, "You get $2 million to make the film, if you're not in it. If you are in it, you get $5 million…

— Johnny Depp

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

100 million dollars used to be the limit of what a movie might cost; now they routinely cost 300 million. Sooner or later, spectacle…

— Matthew Specktor

I made 'Super' for $3 million, and that was filmed in 24 days. And that $3 million dollars went to a lot of things…

— James Gunn

I saw 'Avatar' in the theater eight times and I got booed for it. I'm totally serious. First of all, I love that movie.…

— Casey Neistat