Garrett Hedlund Quotes

The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do is abstract.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.

Making a movie is a lot of problem solving.

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

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.

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

When I did 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', I had the idea on Monday and the following Tuesday it was in budget at Paramount. I couldn't walk.

It takes a long time to get a film made.

I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

My dad always produces, and I would always sit in producers' meetings with him. I like the whole thing of putting a movie together. I think that's very exciting.

I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?

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.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.

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

We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything.

Making a movie, under any circumstances, is a highly stressful occupation.

In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.

The first thing I learned as a producer is that you have very little control over the life of a project. Anything can stall a film from financing to scheduling to casting. Things fall apart all the time. Don't waste time on something that just won't get made. Try to have as many projects going at one time as you can handle.

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

Producing a film is not an easy job at all.

I think the larger productions in India are very methodical and pretty much on the ball in terms of work. When I say work, I mean pre-production and the homework that's required.

The thing about movies is that till it goes on floors, it's just preparations for the film.

You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.

Working as an AD and producer prepares you in the sense that you know what you have to do to make a film. But nothing prepares you for your first film.