Gregory Keyes Quotes

It takes a long time to get a film made.

There are so many decisions in making a movie.

That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.

'City of Bohane' has been optioned for film, and I've finished a first draft of the script.

Getting movies developed doesn't do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made.

Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

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.

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

In Hollywood, 'under development' means 'all I have is the title.'

Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.

Well, there are three different processes of making a film, of course. They're sort of re-written three times. You write it to start with, and then you shoot it and you re-write it while shooting and you sort of re-write it as you edit.

My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.

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

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

Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantly surprised that you could accomplish a lot during pre-production.

When you make a pilot, you've never seen the show before; you don't know what it is.

It takes a long time to put a movie together. It can take years.

It's such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.

Films are a long process and the script is the first part.

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

Production is not an easy game and I would want to be prepared with the right team, script, etc before getting into it.