Louis C. K. Quotes

I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.

We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do.

There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually.

I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, 'You know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.'

Basically, movies come down to economics, and they're always too expensive. From a producer's point of view, an actor is either going to make him money or save him money.

Technology is a major tool in exploring and challenging your creativity, but it can also overtake your creativity... My mind goes very fast, and I can see all kinds of images that would be spectacular on the screen. But they would cost so much money, and would they really make the story that much better?

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

I don't care what TV show you work on, even a movie for that matter, it's all about time and money eventually.

People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.

My buildings are all on budget.

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment.

It’s never too expensive to do the things that absolutely have to be done.

Production-wise, it is difficult to shoot an entire film in the U.S. It's logistically difficult, as getting permission takes time, and it is also expensive to shoot there.

I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees.

Washington is too expensive.

Every product demands a certain budget and with the kind of setup that we have brought together for 'Housefull 2,' there has to be certain expenditure involved.

When you make a film, you will either make money or won't.

Almost all decisions based on cost accounting are utterly wrong.

One of the things about animation is it's so expensive to do the animation, that you can't produce coverage. You only have one chance to make every shot.

'American Idol' was an extremely expensive show.

The cost of building large airships can be prohibitive. The entry barrier is considerable and could be a show-stopper for large-scale projects.

It's important to offer well-thought-out pieces at lower prices.

Every tax on business is just a part of the cost of production, and the customer ends up paying it when he buys the product. It’s a hidden sales tax.