Penelope Spheeris Quotes

Yeah, romantic comedies are the hardest movies to make. Maybe one works a year.

I think that, oftentimes, what people say is, 'We need an actress who'll be able to greenlight a movie,' and my counterargument to that is always that, when it comes to a teen movie, you have very few people who can greenlight a movie.

I didn't even think anyone would want to make 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to distribute 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to see 'Cop Car.'

Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?

Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.

It's just so hard to get movies made, especially comedies.

I really wanted 'NH10' to be made, and being associated with it eased the entire process.

The bagel budget for 'Sex and the City 2' could pay for 'Ghosted.'

After the blockbuster 'Magadheera,' I made a film with comedian Sunil as the hero. If I am interested in making a film - big or small - I will go ahead and make it.

It's very hard to get a movie made. You could spend your life reading scripts that never got made.

Unfortunately, the small comedies I've done have hardly seen the light of day, which is kinda sad. Dirty Girl was a lot of fun, and I'm so glad it got picked up in Toronto. People really liked it!

I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.

I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it. Who knows? Maybe Hollywood will make an improvisational movie someday.

Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the big movies we can't shoot there. It's just a shame that Arnold Schwarzenegger can't deliver on this level.

It is up to us to produce better-quality movies.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

The organization that it takes to make a movie like 'Star Trek' is amazing, intimidating and fascinating.

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.

I think if you get your fifth script made, that's the fast track. But there's no guarantee any of them will get made.

If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?'

You have a big success, and it's still not easy to make a movie.

As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it's a success.

The success of 'The Fighter' made it a lot easier to get 'Broken City' green-lit. And the buzz about 'The Fighter' also made it a lot easier to get 'Contraband' green-lit.