Bryan Fogel Quotes

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

The movie industry used to be completely accessible. We all knew people in it, and nobody made a big fuss.

The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.

With movies, it always feels like such a long shot getting it made.

Big feature films are another world.

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

The difficulty of getting a movie made through a major studio is so extreme that when a movie comes out, everyone should give it four stars because it was accomplished.

The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.

It's incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made.

Let me tell you one thing: there is no more cutthroat place to be than an independent film. Disney is a cakewalk after that - that is no lie.

It is so hard to get movies made in Hollywood that you got to have six going at once, and you know, probably none of those get made.

Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.

When I successfully bring the Mamas & the Papas movie to fruition, I hope that people will say, 'She's also a producer.'

It's fairly common to get something optioned but really rare to actually see it become a movie.

There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.

Growing up, I wanted to make the kind of movies that would play in a multiplex, and those were the kinds of movies I ended up making.

It's hard to get movies made.

What I learned from my go-round with 'In the Heights' is that it's tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge.

Movies are an expensive business.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.

I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

Real movie producers aren't this nice.

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.