Jason Blum Quotes

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.

The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don't approach my career in that way. I see it as 'art,' and I become involved in films that ring my bell.

When you make movies, it's such an important period of time, when you look back at each one of them. You want to be able to say that you did something that was a challenge and that changed you.

It's not about choosing a specific genre; that's not how I go about deciding what movies to make.

I truly believe that cinema is a collaborative effort, and as long as I get to tell, and be part of, interesting stories and work with genuine people, I don't see any project as a 'risk.'

I like to produce my own movies.

It seems so cliched and obvious, but write the movie you want to see in the theater.

I have always believed that facilitating good, unusual content should be one of my prerogatives as someone who has spent half his life in cinema.

I make movies on the subjects that excite me.

I just make movies and hope people appreciate them.

It's amazing how everyone has their different ways of working. I like hearing about that process, reading about it. I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one. There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.

Making a movie is difficult enough to sort of have a premeditated length that you're going for. I don't know a single filmmaker on the planet who does that.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.