Catherine Hardwicke Quotes

They're talking about a movie I don't want to hold to that because in this business you can talk about things for years before they get done - god knows if the financing would happen.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

Production is not an easy game and I would want to be prepared with the right team, script, etc before getting into it.

Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that.

It takes a long time to get a film made.

The great thing about being a producer on a project is that you get to see the ins and outs of every piece of the puzzle. There are so many elements involved in every aspect of a film's development that I don't think the average person is aware of, which is, I guess, why the whole process is referred to as movie magic.

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles .I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles.

It takes a while to get a movie together, and they don't start talking books until the movie is close to being finished.

The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.

'Shadows' wasn't so difficult to get made.

Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.

When you're struggling to get a feature film off the ground, there's no big overarching tenure plan or anything like that.

You have to pace yourself. As a producer, you start with a concept and shepherd it through the script to the delivery of the film. It's a very long journey for an hour and 40 minutes of movie.

It's hard. It's hard to get a film made properly.

When you're a filmmaker or a scriptwriter, you face a lot of challenges while making a film. And when you produce it, you have to put in an extra effort.

Even as an actor, much before I turned director or producer, I was somebody who was very involved with every film I was doing. I would pretty much be a part of a project from the time they toss the ball to the marketing. It's very simple.

I just remember when I came out of film school - and I loved film school - that the industry was such a mystery. How to break in, and once you are in, how to make a film; that is such a large undertaking. There are thousands of pitfalls.

I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things will happen.

The next movie I do is not going to be in school.

My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

The process of making a movie has expanded in terms of effort and time for the director, doing commentaries for the DVD for example, finishing deleted scenes so they could be on the DVD, and doing things like a web blog.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.