Only Quote by Vera-Ellen

I wanted a producer who had sufficient confidence to sign me without a test.

— Vera-Ellen

I got a lot of offers after 'Rockstar' but was totally dependent on the team managing my work, who did not want me to…

— Nargis Fakhri

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.

— Leslie Caron

There's an anxiety of wanting to please the studios. You want to prove to them that you can do it and sometimes you might…

— Justin Lin

I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled,…

— Ursula Andress

There was this one movie I really wanted to do, with Gregory Peck, 'Captain Newman, M.D.,' and Universal said, 'Well, if you want that,…

— Angie Dickinson

In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and…

— Robert Wagner

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a…

— Ben Affleck

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't…

— Doug Liman

I don't like to deal with studios. I don't like to have conversations with executives. I pitch to the studio, then never talk to…

— Ang Lee

You have to work to be relevant. If you don't, then people will forget, and the studios won't want you because they won't remember…

— Winona Ryder

I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and…

— George Hamilton