Colin Trevorrow Quotes

Original movies of any size are an endangered species.

The entertainment business remains a business of blockbusters, and increasingly so.

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.

There's not a lot of good movies being made.

The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio already having a property that has a marketable concept and then hiring the director on board.

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.

Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip.

I'm excited that 'The Good Guy' is getting distribution because indie movies they're not - people ran out of money and they're not making these movies anymore. It's all superhero movies or real obvious tent pole studio films.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot.

I don't know if there aren't any films like 'E.T.' anymore. I just feel that the industry has changed so much. There are so many outlets now.

The movies have got more corporate, they're making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen.

I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

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

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.

Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along.

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

The big money goes to kids and young men - big tent-pole movies, which are expensive but have a great return.

Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.

I grew up on the commercial film format. I have grown up all my life watching films and they have all been mainstream commercial cinema.

Getting a movie made is a miracle... because the studios are only interested in making 'The Avengers.'

In the past, 'Avatar' would have won because Oscar voters loved to hand out awards to big productions, like 'Ben-Hur.' Today it's fashionable to give the Oscar to a small movie that nobody saw.

I'm very concerned that we don't make movies that are original anymore.

I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get the business back.