Barry Levinson Quotes

Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.

I had a small part in 'Pineapple Express.'

A lot of feature films do two pages a day.

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.

I had such a good time working with Paul Feig on 'Spy.'

I have shot four films for sure. On most days, I wish that there were 48 hours in a day. When a movie is coming to an end and another is going to start, I've felt that I don't want to let go of this one just yet and say goodbye to the character nicely.

We all had a lot of fun making the film ["Airplane" ], but there weren't a lot of outtakes or cracking up because we all were focused on doing our jobs in a professional manner.

I have the greatest appreciation for [producers] Matt Alvarez and Ice Cube. They put me in Friday after Next, and now this, which I hope is just the start of a long, wonderful relationship. I love the urban comedies, because they keep you famous, keep you having fun, and keep you in love with the business. Those are my roots. I'll always love doing those.

I like to say that films are never finished, they're only abandoned.

I'm always kind of off to the next movie, and focused on making sure that the one I'm currently working on is as good as the one that's already on TV.

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.

Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get into it and work.

The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film.

I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.

It's rare that I'm working on a movie and that's the case. My goal is the same, ultimately at a certain point you give it to the director and their vision. You're there to support that vision.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

It makes you feel good when a movie works. Usually when I see an old movie I've made, I say to myself, 'Oh God, why did I do this?' and 'Why didn't I change that?' and things like that.

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, … shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie.

I don't blame the people for the fact that so many movies are bad. I think there's a corrupt, perverted, lazy and sloppy attitude that's pervasive in the movie business. The whole entertainment business is kind of crumbling around us.

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

A weird thing about being an actress is that shooting movies doesn't feel like watching movies. It feels like being in a warehouse.

I did a movie with Woody Allen [“Hollywood Ending” in 2002]. I only had a few days with Treat on that film. I immediately liked Treat. Treat and I had a sense of humor about the whole thing.

Film sets are great fun. Film people are great people to hang around with. I don't want to run off and be distracted by other things.

I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more.

Bringing any movie together is a minor miracle.