Ronnie James Dio Quotes

I like travelling and if I have to come to Hollywood to make a movie I will, but otherwise I'd never move there. It's very much an industry town and that doesn't really interest me.

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

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

I'm looking to produce more stuff: TV shows, commercials, music videos and short films. I'm building my catalog so I can have some fun in between the times that I get to a movie.

In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

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

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.

Because I direct films, I have to live in a major English-speaking production center. That narrows it down to three places: Los Angeles, New York and London. I like New York, but it's inferior to London as a production center. Hollywood is best, but I don't like living there.

New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios.

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

It's a dream for a director, at least to try a studio movie.

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.

I think the weather here is a big attraction for anyone. But also, there are more creative people per square mile in L.A. than anywhere in the world. They make 'The Simpsons' here. Anywhere they make 'The Simpsons' is a good place to be.

I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.

Everybody's trying to make blockbusters.

Gavin Lambert was the first person in the movie business my wife and I met when we moved to Los Angeles in 1964.

I was in Nashville quite a bit when I shot 'Nashville,' and I was in Los Angeles when I shot in 'Supergirl'.

Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was working or not.

I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.