Martin Short Quotes

I just wanted to work with David Lynch.

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

I think that any actor - any artist, period - would love to work with an artist like Lee Daniels.

Making movies was a real weird kind of adult experience. In a way it was like MIT, in that it was a great education. The big lesson is, people are people. They're smart, funny, creative people, but they're people.

I have the most respect for Rick. You're always going to see a Shameik Moore and Rick Famuyiwa film.

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

I love Rob Zombie - I'd love to work with Rob Zombie or John Cameron Mitchell.

Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him.

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.

I didn't grow up like Quentin Tarantino, watching esoteric art films at the video store. I'd go to the multiplex and see big, mainstream movies, and I'd go, 'I want to make one of those one day.'

I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' - actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.

The whole Orion zeitgeist, of treating filmmakers as partners, to me it's inseparable from the success of 'Silence of the Lambs'.

I cannot imagine of making a film without Boman Irani.

Prior to 'Insidious Chapter 3,' I was happy to write movies for James Wan to direct as I felt very much that I was one half of a duo. I looked at us as a team who works together and I was happy to be part of that, I was happy to effectively be the bass player in The Beatles.

I'd love to work with Vishal Bhardwaj and Imtiaz Ali.

I'd like to produce something with Kanye. Like, my production plus his, I think he'd make something really cool.

The Braintrust developed organically out of the rare working relationship among the five men who led and edited the production of 'Toy Story' - John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, and Joe Ranft.

If I could make every movie with Richard Linklater, I would.

I've done two movies with Jim Mickle. He's somebody that I'd love to do another movie with.

Taika asked me to do 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' in 2014, and I was like, 'Yeah, I am keen. I'd really enjoy it.' I didn't have to audition. It was quite cool.

I am very pleased to be working with director Woo.

I've produced two docs for Cameron Crowe, and I've always loved him as a filmmaker.