Robert Ben Garant Quotes

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

I do believe that there are some films that cannot be made without stars.

I'm really excited about furthering my film career in Bollywood and Hollywood.

You cannot live in Los Angeles for any period of time without eventually trying to write a screenplay. It's like a flu bug that you catch ... Even the plumber has a screenplay in his truck.

Hollywood is just so strange. It's like, everyone has a whole bunch of stuff boiling away and whichever one happens first, happens. That one, we're still in the process of, you know, trying to write the script. So, it's still very early stages at this point. Yeah.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.

Big feature films are another world.

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B pictures with A budgets. That's the biggest difference.

Nowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort.

Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

Jerry Bruckheimer has made millions of dollars producing propaganda.

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days.

It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.

I see myself directing, writing, doing my own TV shows and movies.

In Hollywood, they create banks of scripts, whether they are used or not.

My job is to make superhit films

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.

The other thing being at UCLA was just being in California and around the movie business. Which I honestly believe, and I've told this to screenwriters, you have to do. You have to be there in order to write or direct movies.